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Alternative Title:
Viruses
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v11030214
Personal Author:
Jones, Megan E.B. ; Amman, Brian R. ; Sealy, Tara K. ; Uebelhoer, Luke S. ; Schuh, Amy J. ; ... More +
Jones, Megan E.B. ; Amman, Brian R. ; Sealy, Tara K. ; Uebelhoer, Luke S. ; Schuh, Amy J. ; Flietstra, Timothy ; Bird, Brian H. ; Coleman-McCray, JoAnn D. ; Zaki, Sherif R. ; Nichol, Stuart T. ; Towner, Jonathan S. Less -
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Egyptian rousette bats (|) are natural reservoir hosts of Marburg virus (MARV), and Ravn virus (RAVV; collectively called marburgviruses) and have been linked to human cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD). We investigated the clinical and pathologic effects of experimental MARV infection in Egyptian rousettes through a serial euthanasia study and found clear evidence of mild but transient disease. Three groups of nine, captive-born, juvenile male bats were inoculated subcutaneously with 10,000 TCID| of Marburg virus strain Uganda 371Bat2007, a minimally passaged virus originally isolated from a wild Egyptian rousette. Control bats (| = 3) were mock-inoculated. Three animals per day were euthanized at 3, 5⁻10, 12 and 28 days post-inoculation (DPI); controls were euthanized at 28 DPI. Blood chemistry analyses showed a mild, statistically significant elevation in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) at 3, 6 and 7 DPI. Lymphocyte and monocyte counts were mildly elevated in inoculated bats after 9 DPI. Liver histology revealed small foci of inflammatory infiltrate in infected bats, similar to lesions previously described in wild, naturally-infected bats. Liver lesion severity scores peaked at 7 DPI, and were correlated with both ALT and hepatic viral RNA levels. Immunohistochemical staining detected infrequent viral antigen in liver (3⁻8 DPI, | = 8), spleen (3⁻7 DPI, | = 8), skin (inoculation site; 3⁻12 DPI, | = 20), lymph nodes (3⁻10 DPI, | = 6), and oral submucosa (8⁻9 DPI, | = 2). Viral antigen was present in histiocytes, hepatocytes and mesenchymal cells, and in the liver, antigen staining co-localized with inflammatory foci. These results show the first clear evidence of very mild disease caused by a filovirus in a reservoir bat host and provide support for our experimental model of this virus-reservoir host system.
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Egyptian Rousette Bat
Filovirus
Histopathologic
Immunohistochemical
Marburg Virus
Natural Reservoir
Rousettus Aegyptiacus

Source:
Viruses. 2019; 11(3)
Pubmed ID:
30832364
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC6466277
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
HDTRA-14-1-0016, Subaward S-1340-03/Defense Threat Reduction Agency/
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CDC Public Access
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