Lagos bat virus 2325129 175861059 2007-12-05T04:29:22Z G716 697736 clean up using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Taxobox|color = violet | name = ''Lagos bat virus'' | regnum = [[Virus]]es | virus_group = V | ordo = ''[[Mononegavirales]]'' | familia = ''[[Rhabdoviridae]]'' | genus = ''[[Lyssavirus]]'' }} '''Lagos bat virus''' is a [[lyssavirus]] of southern and central [[Africa]] that causes a [[rabies]]-like illness in mammals. It was first isolated from a [[fruit bat]] (''Eidolon helvum'') from [[Lagos Island]], [[Nigeria]] in 1956<ref>Boulger LR, Porterfield JS. Isolation of a virus from Nigerian fruit bats. ''Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg.'' 1958; '''52''': 421-424. PMID 13592882.</ref>. Brain samples from the bat showed poor [[cross-reactivity]] to rabies [[antibody|antibodies]] but the virus was found to be closely related to the rabies virus. This was the first discovery of a rabies-related [[virus]]. Until this time, rabies was thought to have a single causal agent. Four more lyssavirus species and numerous tentative species have since been identified. Lagos bat virus has been isolated from wild and domestic mammals in southern Africa including bats, cats and one dog<ref>Markotter W, Randles J, Rupprecht CE ''et al''. Lagos bat virus, South Africa. ''Emerging Infectious Diseases.'' 2006; '''12(3)''': 504-506. PMID 16704795. [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no03/05-1306.htm Available from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no03/05-1306.htm]</ref>. One isolate was made in [[France]] in 1999 when a fruit bat (''[[Rousettus egypticus]]'') which had been displaying signs of aggression, died. The bat had been imported from Africa<ref>Picard-Meyer E, Barrat J, Wasniewski M ''et al''. Epidemiology of rabid bats in France, 1989 to 2002. ''The Veterinary Record.'' 2004; '''155(24)''': 774-777. PMID 16878486.</ref>. No human cases of Lagos bat virus infection have been documented. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Mononegavirales]] {{virus-stub}}