Lagos bat virus transmission in an Eidolon helvum bat colony, Ghana.

Authors :: Freuling, Conrad M.
Binger, Tabea
Beer, Martin
Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw
Schatz, Juliane
Fischer, Melina
Hanke, Dennis
Hoffmann, Bernd
Höper, Dirk
Mettenleiter, Thomas C.
Oppong, Samual K.
Drosten, Christian
Müller, Thomas
Source :: Virus Research. Dec2015, Vol. 210, p42-45. 4p.
Publication Year :: 2015
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). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]