Encephalitis caused by a Lyssavirus in fruit bats in Australia.
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This report describes the first pathologic and immunohistochemical recognition in Australia of a rabies-like disease in a native mammal, a fruit bat, the black flying fox (Pteropus alecto). A virus with close serologic and genetic relationships to members of the Lyssavirus genus of the family Rhabdoviridae was isolated in mice from the tissue homogenates of a sick juvenile animal.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
دوره 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996