Genetic diversity of bat rabies viruses in Brazil

Arch Virol. 2007;152(11):1995-2004. doi: 10.1007/s00705-007-1033-y. Epub 2007 Aug 6.

Abstract

Thirty-three Brazilian bat rabies viruses (RVs) were studied by sequence analysis and were compared against sequences of bat-related RVs from other regions of the Americas. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that bat-related RVs formed several monophyletic lineages and that these were associated with bat species. Brazilian bat RVs were found to include nine major lineages, one of which grouped with RVs isolated from Lasiurus spp. from different regions of the Americas. These results suggest that there is considerable diversity among Brazilian bat RV variants and that some of these RV variants may be associated with bats from other countries.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Chiroptera / virology*
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins / genetics
  • Phylogeny*
  • Rabies / epidemiology
  • Rabies / veterinary*
  • Rabies / virology
  • Rabies virus / classification*
  • Rabies virus / genetics
  • Rabies virus / isolation & purification
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Nucleocapsid Proteins
  • nucleocapsid protein, Rabies virus

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