| ecological factors associated with european bat lyssavirus seroprevalence in spanish bats. | bats have been proposed as major reservoirs for diverse emerging infectious viral diseases, with rabies being the best known in europe. however, studies exploring the ecological interaction between lyssaviruses and their natural hosts are scarce. this study completes our active surveillance work on spanish bat colonies that began in 1992. herein, we analyzed ecological factors that might affect the infection dynamics observed in those colonies. between 2001 and 2011, we collected and tested 2,39 ... | 2013 | 23700480 |
| first detection of european bat lyssavirus type 2 (eblv-2) in norway. | in europe, bat rabies is primarily attributed to european bat lyssavirus type 1 (eblv-1) and european bat lyssavirus type 2 (eblv-2) which are both strongly host-specific. approximately thirty cases of infection with eblv-2 in daubenton's bats (myotis daubentonii) and pond bats (m. dasycneme) have been reported. two human cases of rabies caused by eblv-2 have also been confirmed during the last thirty years, while natural spill-over to other non-flying mammals has never been reported. rabies has ... | 2017 | 28693578 |
| 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 |
| molecular epidemiology and evolution of european bat lyssavirus 2. | bat rabies cases in europe are mainly attributed to two lyssaviruses, namely european bat lyssavirus 1 (eblv-1) and european bat lyssavirus 2 (eblv-2). prior to the death of a bat worker in finland in 1985, very few bat rabies cases were reported. enhanced surveillance in the two subsequent years (1986-1987) identified 263 cases (more than a fifth of all reported cases to date). between 1977 and 2016, 1183 cases of bat rabies were reported, with the vast majority (>97%) being attributed to eblv- ... | 2018 | 29303971 |
| 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 |