Complete Genomic Sequence of European Bat Lyssavirus 1, Isolated from Eptesicus isabellinus in Spain

Denise A Marston; Sonia Vázquez-Morón; Richard J Ellis; Emma L Wise; Lorraine M McElhinney; Xavier de Lamballerie; Anthony R Fooks; Juan E Echevarría

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01518-14

Complete Genomic Sequence of European Bat Lyssavirus 1, Isolated from Eptesicus isabellinus in Spain

Genome Announc. 2015 Feb 12;3(1):e01518-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01518-14.

Authors

Denise A Marston¹, Sonia Vázquez-Morón², Richard J Ellis³, Emma L Wise⁴, Lorraine M McElhinney, Xavier de Lamballerie⁵, Anthony R Fooks, Juan E Echevarría²

Affiliations

¹ Wildlife Zoonoses & Vector-Borne Diseases Research Group, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Surrey, United Kingdom denise.marston@apha.gsi.gov.uk.
² Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
³ Specialist Scientific Support Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Surrey, United Kingdom.
⁴ Wildlife Zoonoses & Vector-Borne Diseases Research Group, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Surrey, United Kingdom.
⁵ UMR_D 190,"Emergence de Pathologies Virales," Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.

Abstract

All members of the lyssavirus genus cause the disease rabies. European bat lyssavirus 1 (EBLV-1) viruses are divided genetically into three groups according to geographic location and host reservoir. We report here the first genome sequence for an EBLV-1 isolated from Eptesiscus isabellinus in the Iberian Peninsula, Spain.