1. Detection of Bombali Virus in a Mops condylurus Bat in Kyela, Tanzania
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Ariane Düx, Sudi E. Lwitiho, Ahidjo Ayouba, Caroline Röthemeier, Kevin Merkel, Sabrina Weiss, Guillaume Thaurignac, Angelika Lander, Leonce Kouadio, Kathrin Nowak, Victor Corman, Christian Drosten, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Detlev H. Krüger, Andreas Kurth, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Martine Peeters, Nyanda E. Ntinginya, Fabian H. Leendertz, and Chacha Mangu
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Orthoebolavirus bombaliense ,ebolavirus ,Filoviridae ,natural host ,free-tailed bat ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 - 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.
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- 2024
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