Complete Genome Sequence of a Vampire Bat Rabies Virus from French Guiana.

Anne Lavergne (1) , Edith Darcissac (1) , Hervé Bourhy (2) , Sourakhata Tirera (1) , Benoît de Thoisy (1) , Vincent Lacoste (1)

1 Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes [Cayenne, Guyane Française]
2 CC-OMS - Centre Collaborateur de l'OMS pour la Rage - Dynamique des lyssavirus et adaptation à l'hôte

A rabies virus was detected in a common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in French Guiana. Its genomic sequence was obtained and found to be closely related to other hematophagous bat-related viruses that widely circulate in the northern Amazon region. This virus is named AT6.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Virologie

Anne Lavergne, Edith Darcissac, Hervé Bourhy, Sourakhata Tirera, Benoît de Thoisy, et al.. Complete Genome Sequence of a Vampire Bat Rabies Virus from French Guiana.. Genome Announcements, 2016, 4 (2), pii: e00188-16. ⟨10.1128/genomeA.00188-16⟩. ⟨pasteur-01429574⟩