| antibodies against duvenhage virus in insectivorous bats in swaziland. | several rabies-related lyssaviruses have been associated with bat species in southern africa, the rarest of these being duvenhage virus (duvv), for which only five isolations have been made over five decades. three of these were from human fatalities, and it is not known which bat species acts as reservoir. in studying a population of nycteris thebaica in the kingdom of swaziland, a landlocked country bordering mozambique and south africa, we found evidence of the circulation of a lyssavirus. vi ... | 2013 | 24502729 |
| host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals. | the majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, hiv, ebola and sars). understanding patterns of viral diversity in wildlife and determinants of successful cross-species transmission, or spillover, are therefore key goals for pandemic surveillance programs. however, few analytical tools exist to identify which host species are likely to harbour the next human virus, or which viruses can cross species ... | 2017 | 28636590 |
| european bat lyssaviruses: distribution, prevalence and implications for conservation. | worldwide, there are more than 1100 species of the order chiroptera, 45 of which are present in europe, and 16 in the uk. bats are reservoirs of, or can be infected by, several viral diseases, including rabies virus strains (in the lyssavirus genus). within this genus are bat variants that have been recorded in europe; european bat lyssavirus 1 (eblv-1), european bat lyssavirus 2 (eblv-2) and, four currently unclassified isolates. since 1977, 783 cases of eblvs (by isolation of viral rna) have b ... | 2006 | 32226078 |