Detection of Bombali Virus in a Mops condylurus Bat in Kyela, Tanzania.
Viruses
; 16(8)2024 Jul 31.
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| ID: mdl-39205201
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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MEDLINE
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Chiroptera
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Animals
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Africa
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En
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Viruses
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2024
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