Discovery of a novel bat lyssavirus in a Long-fingered bat (Myotis capaccinii) from Slovenia.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Danijela Černe, Peter Hostnik, Ivan Toplak, Primož Presetnik, Jedrt Maurer-Wernig, Urška Kuhar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Kotalahti
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011420; https://doaj.org/article/a6d190313afe4b018d5731c740c0d61e

Lyssaviruses are the causative agents of rabies, a zoonotic, fatal disease that is thought to be ancestral to bats. In the last decade, the detection of bat associated lyssaviruses is increasing also in Europe. Within a retrospective bat associated lyssavirus surveillance study a total of 225 dead b...