@article{fdi:010068141,
  title = {{S}erological evidence of {L}yssaviruses among bats on {S}outhwestern {I}ndian {O}cean islands},
  author = {{M}elade, {J}. and {M}c{C}ulloch, {S}. and {R}amasindrazana, {B}. and {L}agadec, {E}. and {T}urpin, {M}. and {P}ascalis, {H}. and {G}oodman, {S}. {M}. and {M}arkotter, {W}. and {D}ellagi, {K}oussay},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e provide serological evidence of lyssavirus circulation among bats on southwestern {I}ndian {O}cean ({SWIO}) islands. {A} total of 572 bats belonging to 22 species were collected on {A}njouan, {M}ayotte, {L}a {R}eunion, {M}auritius, {M}ahe and {M}adagascar and screened by the {R}apid {F}luorescent {F}ocus {I}nhibition {T}est for the presence of neutralising antibodies against the two main rabies related lyssaviruses circulating on the {A}frican continent: {D}uvenhage lyssavirus ({DUVV}) and {L}agos bat lyssavirus ({LBV}), representing phylogroups {I} and {II}, respectively. {A} total of 97 and 42 sera were able to neutralise {DUVV} and {LBV}, respectively. {N}o serum neutralised both {DUVV} and {LBV} but most {DUVV}-seropositive bats (n = 32/220) also neutralised {E}uropean bat lyssavirus 1 ({EBLV}-1) but not {R}abies lyssavirus ({RABV}), the prototypic lyssavirus of phylogroup {I}. {T}hese results highlight that lyssaviruses belonging to phylogroups {I} and {II} circulate in regional bat populations and that the putative phylogroup {I} lyssavirus is antigenically closer to {DUVV} and {EBLV}-1 than to {RABV}. {V}ariation between bat species, roost sites and bioclimatic regions were observed. {A}ll brain samples tested by {RTPCR} specific for lyssavirus {RNA} were negative.},
  keywords = {{ANJOUAN} ; {MAYOTTE} ; {REUNION} ; {MAURICE} ; {MADAGASCAR} ; {MAHE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {O}ne},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {e0160553 [13 p.]},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0160553},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068141},
}