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lyssavirus

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Noun1.lyssavirus - a neurotropic non-arbovirus of the family Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies
Rhabdoviridae - a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods
animal virus - an animal pathogen that is a virus

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The Old World fruit bats of the family Pteropodidae, particularly species belonging to the genus Pteropus, have been considered natural hosts for viruses emerging in Australia (Hendra virus [HeV], Australian bat lyssavirus [ABLV], and Menangle virus), Malaysia, Singapore, and Bangladesh (Nipah virus [NiV]) (1,2).
The AAHL researchers wanted to add to the Lyssavirus family tree both Fraser's virus and a virus from a bat dissected in 1995 and recently proffered for testing by a Townsville wildlife biologist.
To determine whether the virus isolates in our study were genotype 1 rabies virus, representative of viruses circulating locally, or from other lyssavirus genotypes that also circulate in Africa (e.
 
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