Abstract
To better understand the epidemiology of European bat lyssavirus 1 (EBLV-1) in Europe, we phylogenetically characterized Lyssavirus from Eptesicus isabellinus bats in Spain. An independent cluster of EBLV-1 possibly resulted from geographic isolation and association with a different reservoir from other European strains. EBLV-1 phylogeny is complex and probably associated with host evolutionary history.
Highlights
The genus Lyssavirus comprises 3 species that can infect bats in Europe: European bat lyssavirus 1 (EBLV-1), European bat lyssavirus 2, and West-Caucasian bat virus [1,2]
Two subtypes have been proposed for EBLV-1: EBLV-1a, which extends from the Netherlands to Russia in a west–east axis, and EBLV-1b, which includes strains that extend south through France and the Netherlands and the only 2 published strains from Iberia [1]
We phylogenetically characterized EBLV-1 strains associated with E. isabellinus bats, a reservoir in the Iberian Peninsula that differs from E. serotinus bats
Summary
To better understand the epidemiology of European bat lyssavirus 1 (EBLV-1) in Europe, we phylogenetically characterized Lyssavirus from Eptesicus isabellinus bats in Spain. Several infected serotine bats in southern Spain have been reported [7]. These bats have been assigned to the species E. isabellinus, which has closely related populations on the African side of the Gibraltar Strait [8]. Vázquez-Morón, J.M. Berciano, J.E. Echevarría); Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Barcelona, Spain We phylogenetically characterized EBLV-1 strains associated with E. isabellinus bats, a reservoir in the Iberian Peninsula that differs from E. serotinus bats. All rabies-positive serotine bats came from southern Spain (Huelva, Seville, Murcia, and Badajoz) and were molecularly identified as E. isabellinus [8]. To investigate population dynamics across lineages, the Fu Fs and Tajima D statistics were calculated (Table)
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