Novel Lyssavirus in Natterer’s Bat, Germany
Conrad M. Freuling
, Martin Beer, Franz J. Conraths, Stefan Finke, Bernd Hoffmann, Barbara Keller, Jeannette Kliemt, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Elke Mühlbach, Jens P. Teifke, Peter Wohlsein, and Thomas Müller
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Wusterhausen, Germany (C.M. Freuling, F.J. Conraths, J. Kliemt, T. Müller); Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany (M. Beer, S. Finke, B. Hoffmann, T.C. Mettenleiter, J.P. Teifke); Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Hannover, Germany (B. Keller); Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, Berlin, Germany (E. Mühlbach); University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover (P. Wohlsein)
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Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree inferred from concatenated N-P-M-G-L sequences of bat lyssaviruses. The neighbor-joining method (Kimura 2-parameter) was used as implemented in MEGA4 software (www.megasoftware.net). Bootstrap values (500 replicates) are shown next to branches. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site. Virus isolated in this study is shown in boldface. RABV, rabies virus; ABLV, Australian bat lyssavirus; ARAV, Aravan virus; KHUV, Khujand virus; BBLV, Bokeloh bat lyssavirus; European bat lyssavirus; IRKV, Irkut virus; DUVV, Duvenhage virus; SHIBV, Shimoni bat virus; LBV, Lagos bat virus; MOKV, Mokola virus; WCBV, West Caucasian bat virus.
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