Temporal dynamics of European bat Lyssavirus type 1 and survival of Myotis myotis bats in natural colonies.

ABSTRACT: Many emerging RNA viruses of public health concern have recently been detected in bats. However, the dynamics of these viruses in natural bat colonies is presently unknown. Consequently, prediction of the spread of these viruses and the establishment of appropriate control measures are hindered by a lack of information. To this aim, we collected epidemiological, virological and ecological data during a twelve-year longitudinal study in two colonies of insectivorous bats (Myotis myotis) located in Spain and infected by the most common bat lyssavirus found in Europe, the European bat lyssavirus subtype 1 (EBLV-1). This active survey demonstrates that cyclic lyssavirus infections occurred with periodic oscillations in the number of susceptible, immune and infected bats. Persistence of immunit

SUBMITTER: Amengual B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1892799 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature