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Evelyne Picard-Meyer
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Open AccessDetection of rabies antibodies in wild boars in north-east Romania by a rabies ELISA test
In the last few decades, Romania has been considered one of the European countries most affected by animal rabies, but a combination of oral rabies vaccination (ORV) campaigns in foxes alongside mandatory vacc...
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Open AccessMolecular and serological survey of lyssaviruses in Croatian bat populations
Rabies is the only known zoonotic disease of bat origin in Europe. The disease is caused by species belonging to the genus Lyssavirus. Five Lyssavirus species, i.e., European bat lyssavirus (EBLV)-1, EBLV-2, Boke...
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Open AccessBat rabies surveillance in France: first report of unusual mortality among serotine bats
Rabies is a fatal viral encephalitic disease that is caused by lyssaviruses which can affect all mammals, including human and bats. In Europe, bat rabies cases are attributed to five different lyssavirus speci...
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Rabies
Rabies is a life-threatening neglected tropical disease: tens of thousands of cases are reported annually in endemic countries (mainly in Africa and Asia), although the actual numbers are most likely underesti...
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Isolation of Bokeloh bat lyssavirus in Myotis nattereri in France
Bokeloh bat lyssavirus (BBLV) was found in Myotis nattereri for the first time in northeastern France in July 2012. The complete genome sequence of the virus from the infected Natterer’s bat was determined by who...
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Molecular characterisation of rabies virus strains in the Republic of Macedonia
Rabies, a worldwide zoonosis, remains a public-health concern despite oral wildlife vaccination in Europe. After a ten-year break, Macedonia reported eight rabies cases in 2011-2012. Two countries (Serbia and ...
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Open AccessExperimental infection of Foxes with European bat Lyssavirusestype-1 and 2
Since 1954, there have been in excess of 800 cases of rabies as a result of European Bat Lyssaviruses types 1 and 2 (EBLV-1, EBLV-2) infection, mainly in Serotine and Myotis bats respectively. These viruses have ...
