Abstract : 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.
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, American Society for Microbiology, 2016, 4 (2), pii: e00188-16. ⟨10.1128/genomeA.00188-16⟩. ⟨pasteur-01429574⟩