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. 2003 Dec;9(12):1623-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid0912.030374.

Novel lyssaviruses isolated from bats in Russia

Alexandr D Botvinkin  1 , Elena M Poleschuk, Ivan V Kuzmin, Tatyana I Borisova, Suren V Gazaryan, Pamela Yager, Charles E Rupprecht
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Novel lyssaviruses isolated from bats in Russia

Alexandr D Botvinkin et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

Two new rabies-related viruses were discovered in Russia during 2002. Viruses were isolated from bats in Eastern Siberia near Baikal Lake and in the western Caucasus Mountains. After preliminary antigenic and genetic characterization, we found that both viruses should be considered as new putative lyssavirus genotypes.

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Neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree of the Lyssavirus genus, based on limited N gene sequences (400 bp from the amino terminus). Virus names are provided according to GenBank records, except for Ethmok and Ethlag. Subgroups “a” and “b” of EBLV-1 and EBLV-2 viruses are given according to Amengual et al. (5). Bootstrap values are presented for key nodes, and branch lengths are drawn to scale.
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