Duvenhage virus


Duvenhage virus

(dū-ven'neg'ĕ), a species of Lyssavirus causing a rabieslike disease in humans in Africa; transmitted by the bite of insectivorous bats. [the virus was named after its first victim, a man infected near Pretoria in South Africa]

Du·ven·hage vi·rus

(dū-ven-ă'gĕ vī'rŭs) A species of Lyssavirus causing a rabieslike disease in humans in Africa; transmitted by the bite of insectivorous bats. [The virus was named after its first victim, a man infected near Pretoria in South Africa]