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Detection of Bombali Virus in a Mops condylurus Bat in Kyela, Tanzania

Published:2024-07-31 Issue:8 Volume:16 Page:1227
ISSN:1999-4915
Container-title:Viruses
language:en
Short-container-title:Viruses

Author:

Düx Ariane¹²,Lwitiho Sudi E.³,Ayouba Ahidjo⁴^ORCID,Röthemeier Caroline²⁵,Merkel Kevin²⁵,Weiss Sabrina²⁶^ORCID,Thaurignac Guillaume⁴^ORCID,Lander Angelika²,Kouadio Leonce⁷⁸^ORCID,Nowak Kathrin¹²^ORCID,Corman Victor⁶^ORCID,Drosten Christian⁶,Couacy-Hymann Emmanuel⁷,Krüger Detlev H.⁶,Kurth Andreas²^ORCID,Calvignac-Spencer Sébastien¹²⁹,Peeters Martine⁴,Ntinginya Nyanda E.³,Leendertz Fabian H.¹²⁹,Mangu Chacha³

Affiliation:

1. Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, 17489 Greifswald, Germany

2. Robert Koch Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany

3. NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center, Mbeya P.O. Box 2410, Tanzania

4. TransVIHMI, Montpellier University/IRD/INSERM, 34394 Montpellier, France

5. Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, 10115 Berlin, Germany

6. Institute of Virology, Charité—University Medicine Berlin, Corporate Member of Free University Berlin, Humboldt-University Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany

7. Une Santé Pour Tous, Bingerville, Côte d’Ivoire

8. Departement de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques, Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo BP 1328, Côte d’Ivoire

9. Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany

Abstract

Bombali virus (BOMV) is a novel Orthoebolavirus that has been detected in free-tailed bats in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Kenya, and Mozambique. We screened our collection of 349 free-tailed bat lungs collected in Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania for BOMV RNA and tested 228 bat blood samples for BOMV antibodies. We did not detect BOMV-specific antibodies but found BOMV RNA in a Mops condylurus bat from Tanzania, marking the first detection of an ebolavirus in this country. Our findings further expand the geographic range of BOMV and support M. condylurus’ role as a natural BOMV host.

Funder

DFG projects

European Union

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16/8/1227/pdf

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