Assessment of Potential Zoonotic Disease Exposure and Illness Related to an Annual Bat Festival — Idanre, Nigeria

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Vora, Neil M. ; Osinubi, Modupe ; Wallace, Ryan M. ; Aman-Oloniyo, Abimbola ; Gbadegesin, Yemi H. ; Sebastian, Yennan Kerecvel ; Saliman, Olugbon Abdullateef ; Niezgoda, Mike ; Davis, Lora ; Recuenco, Sergio
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.)Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology. ; Center for Global Health (U.S.)Global Immunization Division.
• Description:
  Bats provide vital ecologic services that humans benefit from, such as seed dispersal and pest control, and are a food source for some human populations. However, bats also are reservoirs for a number of high-consequence zoonoses, including paramyxoViruses, filoViruses, and lyssaViruses. The variety of Viruses that bats harbor might be related to their evolutionary diversity, ability to fly large distances, long lifespans, and gregarious roosting behaviors. Every year a festival takes place in Idanre, Nigeria, in which males of all ages enter designated caves to capture bats; persons are forbidden from entering the caves outside of these festivities. Festival participants use a variety of techniques to capture bats, but protective equipment rarely is used, placing hunters at risk for bat scratches and bites. Many captured bats are prepared as food, but some are transported to markets in other parts of the country for sale as bushmeat. Bats also are presented to dignitaries in elaborate rituals. The health consequences of contact with these bats are unknown, but a number of Viruses have been previously identified among Nigerian bats, including lyssaViruses, pegiViruses, and coronaViruses. Furthermore, the caves are home to Rousettus aegyptiacus bats, which are reservoirs for Marburg Virus in other parts of Africa.
• Subjects:
  Animals Bites And Stings Caves Chiroptera/Virology Disease Reservoirs Holidays Humans Male Notes From The Field Risk Assessment Virus Diseases Wounds And Injuries Zoonoses

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2014; 63(15):334.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  24739343
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5779396
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Nigeria
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  15
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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