''Shimoni bat lyssavirus'' is a ''
Lyssavirus
''Lyssavirus'' (from the Greek ''lyssa'' "rage, fury, rabies" and the Latin '' vīrus'') is a genus of RNA viruses in the family '' Rhabdoviridae'', order '' Mononegavirales''. Mammals, including humans, can serve as natural hosts. The genus ...
'' which was discovered in
Kenya
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in 2009. It bears significant similarities to the ''Lyssavirus'' ''
Lagos bat virus''. The virus was isolated from the brain of a dead Commerson's leaf-nosed bat (''
Hipposideros commersoni''), which is likely the
natural reservoir
In infectious disease ecology and epidemiology, a natural reservoir, also known as a disease reservoir or a reservoir of infection, is the population of organisms or the specific environment in which an infectious pathogen naturally lives and re ...
of the virus.
References
Lyssaviruses
Bat virome
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