Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 39365087
Link to DOI – 10.1128/mra.00514-24
Microbiol Resour Announc 2024 Nov; 13(11): e0051424
We report the complete genome sequence of a rabies virus obtained by direct metagenomics from the cerebellum of a gold panner who died of unknown encephalitis in French Guiana. Phylogenetic analysis exhibited a close genetic relationship with vampire bat-related isolates, confirming the second case of human rabies identified in this territory.