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

Authors :: Freuling CM
Binger T
Beer M
Adu-Sarkodie Y
Schatz J
Fischer M
Hanke D
Hoffmann B
Höper D
Mettenleiter TC
Oppong SK
Drosten C
Müller T
Source :: Virus research [Virus Res] 2015 Dec 02; Vol. 210, pp. 42-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jul 17.
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).<br /> (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)