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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Detection of Bombali virus in a Mops condylurus bat in Kyela, Tanzania |
| Creators Name: | Düx, A., Lwitiho, S.E., Ayouba, A., Röthemeier, C., Merkel, K., Weiss, S., Thaurignac, G., Lander, A., Kouadio, L., Nowak, K., Corman, V., Drosten, C., Couacy-Hymann, E., Krüger, D.H., Kurth, A., Calvignac-Spencer, S., Peeters, M., Ntinginya, N.E., Leendertz, F.H. and Mangu, C. |
| Abstract: | Bombali virus (BOMV) is a novel Orthoebolavirus that has been detected in free-tailed bats in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Kenya, and Mozambique. We screened our collection of 349 free-tailed bat lungs collected in Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania for BOMV RNA and tested 228 bat blood samples for BOMV antibodies. We did not detect BOMV-specific antibodies but found BOMV RNA in a Mops condylurus bat from Tanzania, marking the first detection of an ebolavirus in this country. Our findings further expand the geographic range of BOMV and support M. condylurus’ role as a natural BOMV host. |
| Keywords: | Orthoebolavirus Bombaliense, Ebolavirus, Filoviridae, Natural Host, Free-Tailed Bat, Animals, Chiroptera |
| Source: | Viruses |
| ISSN: | 1999-4915 |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Volume: | 16 |
| Number: | 8 |
| Page Range: | 1227 |
| Number of Pages: | 1 |
| Date: | August 2024 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.3390/v16081227 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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