SUMMARY Bats (order Chiroptera, suborders Megachiroptera [“flying foxes”] and
Microchiroptera) are abundant, diverse, and geographically widespread. These mammals …

Rabies is an acute, progressive, incurable viral encephalitis. The causative agents are
neurotropic RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, genus Lyssavirus. Mammalian …

Summary 1 Knowledge of infection reservoir dynamics is critical for effective disease control,
but identifying reservoirs of multi‐host pathogens is challenging. Here, we synthesize …

Bats in the EU have been associated with several zoonotic viral pathogens of significance to
both human and animal health. Virus discovery continues to expand the existing …

New causative agents of rabies continue to emerge as shown by the recent description of
four novel lyssaviruses from bats in Eurasia, Aravan (ARAV), Khujand (KHUV), Irkut (IRKV) …

Background Previously thought to be rabies free, Bali experienced an outbreak of animal
and human rabies cases in November 2008. We describe the epidemiological and clinical …

Relative to the developed world, rabies has been poorly studied in the vast African
continent. The southern African countries of Zimbabwe and South Africa, however, are …

Publisher Summary Rabies is the most important viral zoonosis and an occupational hazard
to all of those exposed to particular animals, intentionally or accidentally. Preventive public …

Rabies has a long history of occurrence throughout Africa, spanning hundreds of years. At
least four distinct Lyssavirus species persist throughout the continent, among carnivores …

Bats carry a great diversity of zoonotic viruses with a high-impact on human health and
livestock. Since the emergence of new coronaviruses and paramyxoviruses in humans (eg …