Rabies Virus Isolated from Brown Fat of Naturally Infected Bats

1 January 1960

journal article
research article
Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine

Vol. 103 (1) , 140-142
https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-103-25438

Abstract

Rabies virus has been isolated 7 times from brown fat of naturally infected Eptesicus, Myotis, and Lasionycteris bats. Virus was also present in brain tissue of all bats and in the salivary glands of most of them.

Keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE
CHIROPTERA
RABIES/VIROLOGY