Distinct Lineage of Vesiculovirus from Big Brown Bats, United States

Terry Fei Fan Ng, Cindy Driscoll, Maria Paz Carlos, Algernon Prioleau, Robert Schmieder, Bhakti Dwivedi, Jakk Wong, Yunhee Cha, Steven Head, Mya Breitbart, Eric Delwart

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Abstract

<p> <p id="x-x-__p1"> We identified a novel rhabdovirus, American bat vesiculovirus, from postmortem tissue samples from 120 rabies-negative big brown bats with a history of human contact. Five percent of the tested bats were infected with this virus. The extent of zoonotic exposure and possible health effects in humans from this virus are unknown. </p></p>
Original languageAmerican English
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume19
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2013

Keywords

  • Rhabdoviridae
  • vesiculovirus
  • viral metagenomic
  • bats
  • virus discovery
  • big brown bats
  • viruses
  • North America
  • Maryland
  • United States
  • rabies
  • Eptesicus fuscus

Disciplines

  • Life Sciences

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