Lyssavirus in Japanese Pipistrelle, Taiwan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Apr;24(4):782-785. doi: 10.3201/eid2404.171696.

Abstract

A putative new lyssavirus was found in 2 Japanese pipistrelles (Pipistrellus abramus) in Taiwan in 2016 and 2017. The concatenated coding regions of the virus showed 62.9%-75.1% nucleotide identities to the other 16 species of lyssavirus, suggesting that it may be representative of a new species of this virus.

Keywords: Japanese pipistrelle; Pipistrellus abramus; Taiwan; bat; lyssavirus; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Genes, Viral
  • Genome, Viral
  • Humans
  • Lyssavirus* / classification
  • Lyssavirus* / genetics
  • Lyssavirus* / isolation & purification
  • Phylogeny
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections / virology*
  • Taiwan / epidemiology