Detection of Bombali Virus in a <i>Mops condylurus</i> Bat in Kyela, Tanzania
oleh: 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, Chacha Mangu
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| Diterbitkan: | MDPI AG 2024-07-01 |
Deskripsi
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 <i>Mops condylurus</i> bat from Tanzania, marking the first detection of an ebolavirus in this country. Our findings further expand the geographic range of BOMV and support <i>M. condylurus</i>’ role as a natural BOMV host.