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ISOLATION AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF RABIES VIRUS IN BATS IN EGYPT

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Last updated: 13 Jan 2025

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Virology

Abstract

Rabies vaccination campaigns target foxes, dogs, cats, and other carnivores as potential disease carriers. Otherwise, without immunization, animals such as cattle, donkeys, and bats coexisted with those carnivores and other domestic animals could be infected. A freshly dead cat and 250 deceased Egyptian tomb bats (Taphozous perforatus) were examined in this study. N-gene-specific primers were used in RT-PCR to detect the rabies virus. Rabies virus was confirmed by immunofluorescence, histopathology, and baby hamster kidney cells (BHK-21) propagation. The incomplete sequence of the rabies genome's (N) gene was also sequenced using 720 bp PCR fragments. It may be easier for the virus to spread from bat tissue to carnivores by hunting or even by feeding on recently dead bats, as evidenced by the isolation of rabies from bats that may be fed on the beetles, ticks, and other arthropods contaminated with the saliva of rabid animals. Indeed, this study reports the isolation and characterization of the rabies virus from Egyptian tomb bats (T. perforatus) in Egypt. It is worth noting that, to our knowledge, this is the first report of rabies detection in bats in Egypt.

DOI

10.21608/avmj.2024.317414.1379

Keywords

Bat, CAT, Rabies Virus

Authors

First Name

AKRAM

Last Name

ABOELKHAIR

MiddleName

I.

Affiliation

Department of Virology, Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), Agriculture Research Centre (ARC), Giza 12618, Egypt.

Email

akramaboelkhair@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0009-0005-1020-8475

First Name

MERVAT

Last Name

HAMDY

MiddleName

E

Affiliation

Department of Virology, Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), Agriculture Research Centre (ARC), Giza 12618, Egypt.

Email

mervat_vet@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

AYMAN

Last Name

EL-DEEB

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt. 3 Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, King Salman International University, South Sinai, Egypt.

Email

ayman_vv@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

MORCOS

Last Name

YANNI

MiddleName

I.

Affiliation

Department of Virology, Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), Agriculture Research Centre (ARC), Giza 12618, Egypt.

Email

morcosyanni70@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

MOMTAZ

Last Name

SHAHEIN

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Department of Virology, Animal Health Research Institute (AHRI), Agriculture Research Centre (ARC), Giza 12618, Egypt.

Email

momtaz.shahein@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

HUSSEIN

Last Name

HUSSEIN

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt.

Email

husvirol@cu.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-5589-1985

Volume

71

Article Issue

184

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52949

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-09-01

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

91

Page End

100

Print ISSN

1012-5973

Online ISSN

2314-5226

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AVMJ_Volume 71_Issue 184_Pages 91-100.pdf

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_394787.html

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1,840

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Publication Title

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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ISOLATION AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF RABIES VIRUS IN BATS IN EGYPT

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13 Jan 2025