Background Over the past five decades, nearly 1,500 bat rabies cases have been reported in Europe. The majority of positive cases (with 90% of cases) originated from Germany, followed by The Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, France and Spain. Among the seven lyssaviruses detected in European bats, three different recognized species are circulating in some native bat species in France: EBLV-1, BBLV, and LLEBV, primarily associated...