TY - JOUR AU - Sonntag, Michael AU - Mühldorfer, Kristin AU - Speck, Stephanie AU - Wibbelt, Gudrun AU - Kurth, Andreas T1 - New Adenovirus in Bats, Germany T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 12 SP - 2052 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We tested 55 deceased vespertilionid bats of 12 species from southern Germany for virus infections. A new adenovirus was isolated from tissue samples of 2 Pipistrellus pipistrellus bats, which represents the only chiropteran virus isolate found in Europe besides lyssavirus (rabies virus). Evidence was found for adenovirus transmission between bats. KW - Virus isolation KW - vespertilionid bat KW - adenovirus KW - VIDISCA PCR KW - Pipistrellus pipistrellus KW - generic PCR KW - Mastadenovirus KW - virus transmission KW - Chiroptera KW - viruses KW - dispatch KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid1512.090646 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/12/09-0646_article ER - End of Reference