1. Lagos bat virus transmission in an Eidolon helvum bat colony, Ghana
- Author
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Tabea Binger, Samual K. Oppong, Melina Fischer, Dirk Höper, Martin Beer, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Juliane Schatz, Conrad M. Freuling, Bernd Hoffmann, Thomas Müller, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Christian Drosten, and Dennis Hanke
- Subjects
Cancer Research ,animal structures ,Lineage (genetic) ,biology ,Transmission (medicine) ,Virus Neutralization ,Antibodies, Viral ,biology.organism_classification ,Antibodies, Neutralizing ,Ghana ,Virology ,Eidolon helvum ,Infectious Diseases ,Seroepidemiologic Studies ,Chiroptera ,Rhabdoviridae Infections ,Disease Transmission, Infectious ,biology.protein ,Animals ,Lyssavirus ,Lagos bat virus ,Antibody - Abstract
A brain sample of a straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) from Ghana without evident signs of disease tested positive by generic Lyssavirus RT-PCR and direct antigen staining. Sequence analysis confirmed the presence of a Lagos bat virus belonging to phylogenetic lineage A. Virus neutralization tests using the isolate with sera from the same group of bats yielded neutralizing antibodies in 74% of 567 animals. No cross-neutralization was observed against a different Lagos bat virus (lineage B).
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- 2015