Detection of Bombali virus in a Mops condylurus bat in Kyela, Tanzania

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Title:	Detection of Bombali virus in a Mops condylurus bat in Kyela, Tanzania
Creators Name:	Düx, A., Lwitiho, S.E., Ayouba, A., Röthemeier, C., Merkel, K., Weiss, S., Thaurignac, G., Lander, A., Kouadio, L., Nowak, K., Corman, V., Drosten, C., Couacy-Hymann, E., Krüger, D.H., Kurth, A., Calvignac-Spencer, S., Peeters, M., Ntinginya, N.E., Leendertz, F.H. and Mangu, C.
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.
Keywords:	Orthoebolavirus Bombaliense, Ebolavirus, Filoviridae, Natural Host, Free-Tailed Bat, Animals, Chiroptera
Source:	Viruses
ISSN:	1999-4915
Publisher:	MDPI
Volume:	16
Number:	8
Page Range:	1227
Number of Pages:	1
Date:	August 2024
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.3390/v16081227
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