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.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
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Antibodies, Viral / immunology
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Australia / epidemiology
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Brain / virology
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Cells, Cultured
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Chiroptera
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Encephalitis, Viral / epidemiology
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Encephalitis, Viral / immunology
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Encephalitis, Viral / virology*
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Humans
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Immunohistochemistry
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Lyssavirus / genetics
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Lyssavirus / immunology
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Lyssavirus / isolation & purification*
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Mice
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Nucleocapsid / immunology
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Rhabdoviridae Infections / epidemiology
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Rhabdoviridae Infections / immunology
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Rhabdoviridae Infections / virology*
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Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Substances
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Antibodies, Viral