Marburg Virus Infection in Egyptian Rousette Bats, South Africa, 2013–2014

We detected a high seroprevalence of Marburg virus (MARV) antibodies in fruit bats in South Africa; 19.1% of recaptured bats seroconverted. The MARV RNA isolated closely resembled the 1975 Ozolin strain. These findings indicate endemic MARV circulation in bats in South Africa and should inform polic...

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Autores principales: Pawęska, Janusz T., Jansen van Vuren, Petrus, Kemp, Alan, Storm, Nadia, Grobbelaar, Antoinette A., Wiley, Michael R., Palacios, Gustavo, Markotter, Wanda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6004853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29774854
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.172165
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Sumario:We detected a high seroprevalence of Marburg virus (MARV) antibodies in fruit bats in South Africa; 19.1% of recaptured bats seroconverted. The MARV RNA isolated closely resembled the 1975 Ozolin strain. These findings indicate endemic MARV circulation in bats in South Africa and should inform policies on MARV disease risk reduction.

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