Viral Metagenomic Profiling of Croatian Bat Population Reveals Sample and Habitat Dependent Diversity.

To date, the microbiome, as well as the virome of the Croatian populations of bats, was unknown. Here, we present the results of the first viral metagenomic analysis of guano, feces and saliva (oral swabs) of seven bat species (, , , , , and ) conducted in Mediterranean and continental Croatia. Viral nucleic acids were extracted from sample pools, and analyzed using Illumina sequencing.

Molecular and serological survey of lyssaviruses in Croatian bat populations.

Background: Rabies is the only known zoonotic disease of bat origin in Europe. The disease is caused by species belonging to the genus Lyssavirus. Five Lyssavirus species, i.