European Bat Lyssavirus Transmission among Cats, Europe

Laurent Dacheux (1) , Florence Larrous (1) , Alexandra Mailles (2) , Didier Boisseleau (3) , Olivier Delmas (1) , Charlotte Biron (4) , Christiane Bouchier (1) , Isabelle Capek (2) , Michel Muller (5) , Frédéric Ilari (6) , Tanguy Lefranc (6) , François Raffi (4) , Maryvonne Goudal (1) , Hervé Bourhy (1)

1 Institut Pasteur [Paris]
2 INVS - Institut de Veille Sanitaire
3 Direction des Services Vétérinaires
4 CHU Nantes - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes
5 Clinique Vétérinaire du Bas-Poitou
6 Clinique Vétérinaire Roosevelt

We identified 2 cases of European bat lyssavirus subtype 1 transmission to domestic carnivores (cats) in France. Bat-to-cat transmission is suspected. Low amounts of virus antigen in cat brain made diagnosis difficult

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Laurent Dacheux, Florence Larrous, Alexandra Mailles, Didier Boisseleau, Olivier Delmas, et al.. European Bat Lyssavirus Transmission among Cats, Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009, 15 (2), pp.280-284. ⟨10.3201/eid1502.080637⟩. ⟨pasteur-03695840⟩