1. Detection of Bombali Virus in a Mops condylurus Bat in Kyela, Tanzania.
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Düx, Ariane, Lwitiho, Sudi E., Ayouba, Ahidjo, Röthemeier, Caroline, Merkel, Kevin, Weiss, Sabrina, Thaurignac, Guillaume, Lander, Angelika, Kouadio, Leonce, Nowak, Kathrin, Corman, Victor, Drosten, Christian, Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel, Krüger, Detlev H., Kurth, Andreas, Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien, Peeters, Martine, Ntinginya, Nyanda E., Leendertz, Fabian H., and Mangu, Chacha
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EBOLA virus ,FILOVIRIDAE ,BLOOD sampling ,BATS ,IMMUNOGLOBULINS - 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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