Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015–2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  De Nys, Helene M. ; Kingebeni, Placide Mbala ; Keita, Alpha K. ; Butel, Christelle ; Thaurignac, Guillaume ; Villabona-Arenas, Christian-Julian ; Lemarcis, Thomas ; Geraerts, Mare ; Vidal, Nicole ; Esteban, Amandine ; Bourgarel, Mathieu ; Roger, François ; Leendertz, Fabian ; Diallo, Ramadan ; Ndimbo-Kumugo, Simon-Pierre ; Nsio-Mbeta, Justus ; Tagg, Nikki ; Koivogui, Lamine ; Toure, Abdoulaye ; Delaporte, Eric ; Ahuka-Mundeke, Steve ; Tamfum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe ; Mpoudi-Ngole, Eitel ; Ayouba, Ahidjo ; Peeters, Martine
• Description:
  To clarify the role of bats in the ecology of Ebola viruses, we assessed the prevalence of Ebola virus antibodies in a large-scale sample of bats collected during 2015-2017 from countries in Africa that have had previous Ebola outbreaks (Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo) or are at high risk for outbreaks (Cameroon). We analyzed 4,022 blood samples of bats from >12 frugivorous and 27 insectivorous species; 2-37 (0.05%-0.92%) bats were seropositive for Zaire and 0-30 (0%-0.75%) bats for Sudan Ebola viruses. We observed Ebola virus antibodies in 1 insectivorous bat genus and 6 frugivorous bat species. Certain bat species widespread across Africa had serologic evidence of Zaire and Sudan Ebola viruses. No viral RNA was detected in the subset of samples tested (n = 665). Ongoing surveillance of bats and other potential animal reservoirs are required to predict and prepare for future outbreaks.
• Subjects:
  Bats Cross-reactivity Cutoff Ecology Eidolon Helvum Epomophorus Gambianus Frugivorous Bats Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Hypsignathus Monstrosus Insectivorous Bats Lissonycteris Angolensis Luminex Micropteropus Pusillus Mops Sp. Research Rousettus Aegyptiacus Serology Seroprevalence Survey Viruses Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(12):2228-2240
• Pubmed ID:
  30307845
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6256401
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Guinea ; Cameroon ; Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c2db786f6ea43e39157a54c1e881af7f7f3d4c094543f5fb6439e42943e7bc44
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/61356/cdc_61356_DS1.pdf
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