TY  - GEN
A1  - Schatz, Juliane
A1  - Ohlendorf, Bernd
A1  - Busse, Peter
A1  - Pelz, Gerrit
A1  - Dolch, Dietrich
A1  - Teubner, Jens
A1  - Encarnacao, Jorge A.
A1  - Mühle, Ralf-Udo
A1  - Fischer, M.
A1  - Hoffmann, Bernd
A1  - Kwasnitschka, Linda
A1  - Balkema-Buschmann, Anne
A1  - Mettenleiter, Thomas Christoph
A1  - Müller, T.
A1  - Freuling, Conrad M.
T1  - Twenty years of active bat rabies surveillance in Germany
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - In Germany, active bat rabies surveillance was conducted between 1993 and 2012. A total of 4546 oropharyngeal swab samples from 18 bat species were screened for the presence of EBLV-1- , EBLV-2- and BBLV-specific RNA. Overall, 0 center dot 15% of oropharyngeal swab samples tested EBLV-1 positive, with the majority originating from Eptesicus serotinus. Interestingly, out of seven RT-PCR-positive oropharyngeal swabs subjected to virus isolation, viable virus was isolated from a single serotine bat (E. serotinus). Additionally, about 1226 blood samples were tested serologically, and varying virus neutralizing antibody titres were found in at least eight different bat species. The detection of viral RNA and seroconversion in repeatedly sampled serotine bats indicates long-term circulation of the virus in a particular bat colony. The limitations of random-based active bat rabies surveillance over passive bat rabies surveillance and its possible application of targeted approaches for future research activities on bat lyssavirus dynamics and maintenance are discussed.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 533 
KW  - Bat rabies
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - lyssavirus
KW  - surveillance
Y1  - 2019
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/41514
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-415140
SN  - 1866-8364
IS  - 533
ER  -