New Lyssavirus Genotype from the Lesser Mouse-eared Bat (Myotis blythi), Kyrghyzstan

The Aravan virus was isolated from a Lesser Mouse-eared Bat (Myotis blythi) in the Osh region of Kyrghyzstan, central Asia, in 1991. We determined the complete sequence of the nucleoprotein (N) gene and compared it with those of 26 representative lyssaviruses obtained from databases. The Aravan viru...

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Main Authors: Yohko T. Arai, Ivan V. Kuzmin, Yosuke Kameoka, Alexandr D. Botvinkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
bat
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/3/02-0252_article