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SUBMITTER: Weir DL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6183051 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weir Dawn L DL Smith Ina L IL Bossart Katharine N KN Wang Lin-Fa LF Broder Christopher C CC
Virology 20130710 1-2
Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) is a rhabdovirus of the lyssavirus genus capable of causing fatal rabies-like encephalitis in humans. There are two variants of ABLV, one circulating in pteropid fruit bats and another in insectivorous bats. Three fatal human cases of ABLV infection have been reported with the third case in 2013. Importantly, two equine cases also arose in 2013; the first occurrence of ABLV in a species other than bats or humans. We examined the host cell entry of ABLV, character ...[more]