European bat lyssavirus type 2 RNA in Myotis daubentonii

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jul;12(7):1142-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1207.060287.

Abstract

Organ distribution of European bat lyssavirus type 2 viral RNA in its reservoir host, Myotis daubentonii (Daubenton's bat), was measured with a novel quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay. High levels of genomic RNA were found in the brain and were also detectable in the tongue, bladder, and stomach.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chiroptera / virology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lyssavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Male
  • Netherlands / epidemiology
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections / virology
  • Switzerland / epidemiology
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology