| detection of polyoma and corona viruses in bats of canada. | several instances of emerging diseases in humans appear to be caused by the spillover of viruses endemic to bats, either directly or through other animal intermediaries. the objective of this study was to detect, identify and characterize viruses in bats in the province of manitoba and other regions of canada. bats were sampled from three sources: live-trapped myotis lucifugus from manitoba, rabies-negative eptesicus fuscus, m. lucifugus, m. yumanensis, m. septentrionalis, m. californicus, m. ev ... | 2009 | 19357225 |
| bat rabies in canada 1963-1967. | six hundred and twenty-eight insectivorous bats originating from seven provinces were submitted to this institute for rabies diagnosis between august 1, 1963 and december 31, 1967. brain tissue was examined by the fluorescent antibody technique and the mouse infectivity test was carried out with brain, salivary gland, interscapular adipose tissue and kidney samples. rabies virus was detected in 44 bats, 29 of which were from ontario, 12 from british columbia and three from manitoba. most of the ... | 1969 | 4242773 |