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Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015–2017
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 r...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6256401/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30307845 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.180740 |
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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 |
author_facet | 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 |
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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. |
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spelling | pubmed-62564012018-12-05 Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015–2017 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 Emerg Infect Dis Research 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6256401/ /pubmed/30307845 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.180740 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research 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 Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015–2017 |
title | Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015–2017 |
title_full | Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015–2017 |
title_fullStr | Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015–2017 |
title_full_unstemmed | Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015–2017 |
title_short | Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015–2017 |
title_sort | survey of ebola viruses in frugivorous and insectivorous bats in guinea, cameroon, and the democratic republic of the congo, 2015–2017 |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6256401/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30307845 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.180740 |
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