West Caucasian bat lyssavirus

West Caucasian bat lyssavirus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Negarnaviricota
Class:	Monjiviricetes
Order:	Mononegavirales
Family:	Rhabdoviridae
Genus:	Lyssavirus
Species:	West Caucasian bat lyssavirus
Synonyms
	West Caucasian bat virus;

West Caucasian bat lyssavirus (WCBL) is a member of genus Lyssavirus, family Rhabdoviridae and order Mononegavirales.^[2] This virus was first isolated from Miniopterus schreibersii, in the western Caucasus Mountains of southeastern Europe in 2002.^[3] WCBL is the most divergent form of Lyssavirus, and is found in Miniopterus bats (insectivorous), Rousettus aegyptiacus, and Eidolon helvum. The latter two are both fruit bats.^[2] The virus is fragile as it can be inactivated by UV light and chemicals, such as ether, chloroform, and bleach.^[4] WCBL has not been known to infect humans thus far.

^ Walker, Peter; et al. "mplementation of taxon-wide non-Latinized binomial species names in the family Rhabdoviridae" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 12 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b "West Caucasian bat lyssavirus". www.genome.jp. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
^ Kuzmin, Ivan V.; Niezgoda, Michael; Franka, Richard; Agwanda, Bernard; Markotter, Wanda; Beagley, Janet C.; Urazova, Olga Yu; Breiman, Robert F.; Rupprecht, Charles E. (December 2008). "Possible Emergence of West Caucasian Bat Virus in Africa". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 14 (12): 1887–1889. doi:10.3201/eid1412.080750. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 2634633. PMID 19046512.
^ Rupprecht, Charles; Kuzmin, Ivan; Meslin, Francois (2017-02-23). "Lyssaviruses and rabies: current conundrums, concerns, contradictions and controversies". F1000Research. 6: 184. doi:10.12688/f1000research.10416.1. ISSN 2046-1402. PMC 5325067. PMID 28299201.

[2015.006aM-1] Walker, Peter; et al. "mplementation of taxon-wide non-Latinized binomial species names in the family Rhabdoviridae" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 12 March 2019.

[:0-2] "West Caucasian bat lyssavirus". www.genome.jp. Retrieved 2019-03-09.

[:1-3] Kuzmin, Ivan V.; Niezgoda, Michael; Franka, Richard; Agwanda, Bernard; Markotter, Wanda; Beagley, Janet C.; Urazova, Olga Yu; Breiman, Robert F.; Rupprecht, Charles E. (December 2008). "Possible Emergence of West Caucasian Bat Virus in Africa". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 14 (12): 1887–1889. doi:10.3201/eid1412.080750. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 2634633. PMID 19046512.

[:4-4] Rupprecht, Charles; Kuzmin, Ivan; Meslin, Francois (2017-02-23). "Lyssaviruses and rabies: current conundrums, concerns, contradictions and controversies". F1000Research. 6: 184. doi:10.12688/f1000research.10416.1. ISSN 2046-1402. PMC 5325067. PMID 28299201.

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