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2020
Active surveillance for antibodies confirms circulation of lyssaviruses in Palearctic bats
SEIDLOVA, Veronika, Jan ZUKAL, Jiri BRICHTA, Nikolay ANISIMOV, Grzegorz APOZNAŃSKI et. al.Basic information
Original name
Active surveillance for antibodies confirms circulation of lyssaviruses in Palearctic bats
Authors
SEIDLOVA, Veronika (guarantor), Jan ZUKAL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiri BRICHTA, Nikolay ANISIMOV, Grzegorz APOZNAŃSKI, Hana BANDOUCHOVA, Tomáš BARTONIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Hana BERKOVÁ, Alexander D. BOTVINKIN, Tomas HEGER, Heliana DUNDAROVA, Tomasz KOKUREWICZ, Petr LINHART, Oleg L. ORLOV, Vladimir PIACEK, Primoz PRESETNIK, Alexandra P. SHUMKINA, Mikhail P. TIUNOV, Frantisek TREML and Jiri PIKULA
Edition
BMC Veterinary Research, London, BMC, 2020, 1746-6148
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
40301 Veterinary science
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 2.741
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/20:00117488
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000599988800002
Keywords in English
blood samples; Chiroptera; Europe; rabies; seroprevalence; Siberia
Tags
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International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 13/1/2021 15:27, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.
Abstract
V originále
Background: Palearctic bats host a diversity of lyssaviruses, though not the classical rabies virus (RABV). As surveillance for bat rabies over the Palearctic area covering Central and Eastern Europe and Siberian regions of Russia has been irregular, we lack data on geographic and seasonal patterns of the infection. Results: To address this, we undertook serological testing, using non-lethally sampled blood, on 1027 bats of 25 species in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia and Slovenia between 2014 and 2018. The indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) detected rabies virus anti-glycoprotein antibodies in 33 bats, giving an overall seroprevalence of 3.2%. Bat species exceeding the seroconversion threshold included Myotis blythii, Myotis gracilis, Myotis petax, Myotis myotis, Murina hilgendorfi, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum and Vespertilio murinus. While Myotis species (84.8%) and adult females (48.5%) dominated in seropositive bats, juveniles of both sexes showed no difference in seroprevalence. Higher numbers tested positive when sampled during the active season (10.5%), as compared with the hibernation period (0.9%). Bat rabies seroprevalence was significantly higher in natural habitats (4.0%) compared with synanthropic roosts (1.2%). Importantly, in 2018, we recorded 73.1% seroprevalence in a cave containing a M. blythii maternity colony in the Altai Krai of Russia. Conclusions: Identification of such “hotspots” of non-RABV lyssavirus circulation not only provides important information for public health protection, it can also guide research activities aimed at more in-depth bat rabies studies. © 2020, The Author(s).