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: Sonntag, Michael, Mühldorfer, Kristin, Speck, Stephanie, Wibbelt, Gudrun, Kurth, Andreas
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3044533
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19961700
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1512.090646
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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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