Dafalla, Maysaa
Orłowska, Anna
Keleş, Sinan Julian
Straková, Petra
Schlottau, Kore
Jeske, Kathrin
Hoffmann, Bernd
Wibbelt, Gudrun
Smreczak, Marcin
Müller, Thomas
Freuling, Conrad Martin
Wang, Xuejing
Rola, Jerzy
Drewes, Stephan
Fereidouni, Sasan
Heckel, Gerald
Ulrich, Rainer G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
German Academic Exchange Service (91529281)
Helmholtz Association (HANTadapt-022021, HANTadapt-022021)
Swiss National Science Foundation (31003A_176209)
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit
Article History
Received: 10 March 2022
Accepted: 29 October 2022
First Online: 21 December 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The collection of dead bats in Germany, Poland and Austria was performed in the frame of passive rabies surveillance and virus infection studies in animals. As for rabies testing, the testing of dead found bats is recommended and laid down in the EUROBATS agreement, resolution 5.2, Bats and rabies. The bats in Austria were handled and cared for in accordance with the Animal Protection guidelines and legal approval of the sampling had been granted (Ethic committee approval ETK-08/02/2018).