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Detection of Bombali Virus in a Mops condylurus Bat in Kyela, Tanzania
- Source :
- Viruses, Vol 16, Iss 8, p 1227 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2024.
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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.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19994915
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Viruses
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.53478c343a574268a16995da5617d9a2
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/v16081227