New Adenovirus in Bats, Germany

We tested 55 deceased vespertilionid bats of 12 species from southern Germany for virus infections. A new adenovirus was isolated from tissue samples of 2 Pipistrellus pipistrellus bats, which represents the only chiropteran virus isolate found in Europe besides lyssavirus (rabies virus). Evidence w...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Michael Sonntag, Kristin Mühldorfer, Stephanie Speck, Gudrun Wibbelt, Andreas Kurth
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
Subjects:
Virus isolation
vespertilionid bat
adenovirus
VIDISCA PCR
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
generic PCR
Medicine
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Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1512.090646
https://doaj.org/article/52c52ced47c84ecf8a483f18a1febd43
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Summary:We tested 55 deceased vespertilionid bats of 12 species from southern Germany for virus infections. A new adenovirus was isolated from tissue samples of 2 Pipistrellus pipistrellus bats, which represents the only chiropteran virus isolate found in Europe besides lyssavirus (rabies virus). Evidence was found for adenovirus transmission between bats.

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