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Complete Genome Sequence of a Vampire Bat Rabies Virus from French Guiana
Anne Lavergne1, Edith Darcissac1, Hervé Bourhy2
1Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Genome Announcements
|April 9, 2016
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.

