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First encounter of European bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2) in a bat in Finland
Tekijät: Jakava-Viljanen M, Lilley T, Kyheroinen EM, Huovilainen A
Kustantaja: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Julkaisuvuosi: 2010
Journal: Epidemiology and Infection
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
Lehden akronyymi: EPIDEMIOL INFECT
Numero sarjassa: 11
Vuosikerta: 138
Numero: 11
Aloitussivu: 1581
Lopetussivu: 1585
Sivujen määrä: 5
ISSN: 0950-2688
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268810000373
Tiivistelmä
In Finland, rabies in bats was suspected for the first time in 1985 when a bat researcher, who had multiple bat bites, died in Helsinki. The virus isolated from the researcher proved to be antigenically related to rabies viruses previously detected in German bats. Later, the virus was typed as EBLV-2b. Despite an epidemiological study in bats 1986 and subsequent rabies surveillance, rabies in bats was not detected in Finland until the first case in a Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) was confirmed in August 2009. The bat was paralysed, occasionally crying, and biting when approached; it subsequently tested positive for rabies. The virus was genetically typed as EBLV-2. This is the northernmost case of bat rabies ever detected in Europe. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the EBLV-2b isolate from the human case in 1985 and the isolate from the bat in 2009 were genetically closely related, demonstrating that EBLV-2 may have been circulating in Finland for many years.
In Finland, rabies in bats was suspected for the first time in 1985 when a bat researcher, who had multiple bat bites, died in Helsinki. The virus isolated from the researcher proved to be antigenically related to rabies viruses previously detected in German bats. Later, the virus was typed as EBLV-2b. Despite an epidemiological study in bats 1986 and subsequent rabies surveillance, rabies in bats was not detected in Finland until the first case in a Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) was confirmed in August 2009. The bat was paralysed, occasionally crying, and biting when approached; it subsequently tested positive for rabies. The virus was genetically typed as EBLV-2. This is the northernmost case of bat rabies ever detected in Europe. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the EBLV-2b isolate from the human case in 1985 and the isolate from the bat in 2009 were genetically closely related, demonstrating that EBLV-2 may have been circulating in Finland for many years.
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