TY - JOUR AU - Warrilow, David AU - Harrower, Bruce AU - Smith, Ina L. AU - Field, Hume AU - Taylor, Roscoe AU - Walker, G. Craig AU - Smith, Greg A. T1 - Public Health Surveillance for Australian bat lyssavirus in Queensland, Australia, 2000–2001 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2003 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 262 SN - 1080-6059 AB - From February 1, 2000, to December 4, 2001, a total of 119 bats (85 Megachiroptera and 34 Microchiroptera) were tested for Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) infection. Eight Megachiroptera were positive by immunofluorescence assay that used cross-reactive antibodies to rabies nucleocapsid protein. A case study of cross-species transmission of ABLV supports the conclusion that a bat reservoir exists for ABLV in which the virus circulates across Megachiroptera species within mixed communities. KW - Lyssavirus KW - Rhabdoviridae KW - public health surveillance KW - dispatch KW - Australia DO - 10.3201/eid0902.020264 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/2/02-0264_article ER - End of Reference