european bat 1 lyssavirus european bat 1 lyssavirus european bat 1 lyssavirus (eblv-1) is one of three rabies virus-like agents of the genus lyssavirus found in serotine bats (eptesicus serotinus) in spain. strains of eblv-1 have been identified as eblv-1a and eblv-1b. eblv-1a was isolated from bats found in the netherlands and russia, while eblv-1b was found in bats in france, the netherlands and iberia. e. isabellinus bats are the eblv-1b reservoir in the iberian peninsula. between 1977 and 2010, 959 bat rabies cases of eblv-1 were reported to the world health organization (who) rabies bulletin. european bat 1 lyssavirus virus classification (unranked): virus realm: riboviria kingdom: orthornavirae phylum: negarnaviricota class: monjiviricetes order: mononegavirales family: rhabdoviridae genus: lyssavirus species: european bat 1 lyssavirus virology genome eblv-1 is a negative-sense single-stranded rna virus.