Marburgvirus in Egyptian Fruit Bats, Zambia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kajihara, Masahiro ; Hang’ombe, Bernard M. ; Changula, Katendi ; Harima, Hayato ; Isono, Mao ; Okuya, Kosuke ; Yoshida, Reiko ; Mori-Kajihara, Akina ; Eto, Yoshiki ; Orba, Yasuko ; Ogawa, Hirohito ; Qiu, Yongjin ; Sawa, Hirofumi ; Simulundu, Edgar ; Mwizabi, Daniel ; Munyeme, Musso ; Squarre, David ; Mukonka, Victor ; Mweene, Aaron ; Takada, Ayato
• Description:
  We detected Marburg virus genome in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) captured in Zambia in September 2018. The virus was closely related phylogenetically to the viruses that previously caused Marburg outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This finding demonstrates that Zambia is at risk for Marburg virus disease.
• Subjects:
  Chiroptera Dispatch Egyptian Fruit Bats Filoviridae Marburgvirus Marburg Virus Disease Viruses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(8):1577-1580
• Pubmed ID:
  31146800
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6649326
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Zambia
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2368e62b4df84c54aceee7717cc7ca378e78458c7885c5873eb4f1eb7d5eafcc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/80339/cdc_80339_DS1.pdf
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