Lagos Bat Virus, South Africa

Abstract

Three more isolates of Lagos bat virus were recently recovered from fruit bats in South Africa after an apparent absence of this virus for 13 years. The sporadic occurrence of cases is likely due to inadequate surveillance programs for lyssavirus infections among bat populations in Africa.

Keywords

• Lagos bat virus
• rabies
• rabies-related viruses
• lyssaviruses
• nucleoprotein
• bats