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. 1996 Oct-Dec;2(4):327-31.
doi: 10.3201/eid0204.960408.

Encephalitis caused by a Lyssavirus in fruit bats in Australia

G C Fraser  1 , P T Hooper, R A Lunt, A R Gould, L J Gleeson, A D Hyatt, G M Russell, J A Kattenbelt
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Encephalitis caused by a Lyssavirus in fruit bats in Australia

G C Fraser et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 1996 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

This report describes the first pathologic and immunohistochemical recognition in Australia of a rabies-like disease in a native mammal, a fruit bat, the black flying fox (Pteropus alecto). A virus with close serologic and genetic relationships to members of the Lyssavirus genus of the family Rhabdoviridae was isolated in mice from the tissue homogenates of a sick juvenile animal.

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