| isolation of lagos bat virus from water mongoose. | a genotype 2 lyssavirus, lagos bat virus (lbv), was isolated from a terrestrial wildlife species (water mongoose) in august 2004 in the durban area of the kwazulu-natal province of south africa. the virus isolate was confirmed as lbv by antigenic and genetic characterization, and the mongoose was identified as atilax paludinosus by mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence analysis. phylogenetic analysis demonstrated sequence homology with previous lbv isolates from south african bats. studies perform ... | 2006 | 17326944 |