European Bat Lyssavirus Transmission among Cats, Europe

Laurent Dacheux, Florence Larrous, Alexandra Mailles, Didier Boisseleau, Olivier Delmas, Charlotte Biron, Christiane Bouchier, I. Capek, Michel Müller, Frédéric Ilari,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2009 · 115 citations · 14 references

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We identified 2 cases of European bat lyssavirus subtype 1 transmission to domestic carnivores (cats) in France. Bat-to-cat transmission is suspected. Low amounts of virus antigen in cat brain made diagnosis difficult.

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