Lagos bat virus, South Africa

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Mar;12(3):504-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1203.051306.

Abstract

Three more isolates of Lagos bat virus were recently recovered from fruit bats in South Africa after an apparent absence of this virus for 13 years. The sporadic occurrence of cases is likely due to inadequate surveillance programs for lyssavirus infections among bat populations in Africa.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chiroptera / virology*
  • Lyssavirus / classification
  • Lyssavirus / genetics
  • Lyssavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Phylogeny
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections / diagnosis
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections / virology*
  • South Africa / epidemiology