Bat rabies surveillance in France: first report of unusual mortality among serotine bats

Abstract Background Rabies is a fatal viral encephalitic disease that is caused by lyssaviruses which can affect all mammals, including human and bats. In Europe, bat rabies cases are attributed to five different lyssavirus species, the majority of rabid bats being attributed to European bat 1 lyssa...

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Main Authors: Evelyne Picard-Meyer, Alexandre Servat, Marine Wasniewski, Matthieu Gaillard, Christophe Borel, Florence Cliquet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
Bat
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-017-1303-1