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Article

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

by
Ariane Düx
1,2,*,
Sudi E. Lwitiho
3,
Ahidjo Ayouba
4,
Caroline Röthemeier
2,5,
Kevin Merkel
2,5,
Sabrina Weiss
2,6,
Guillaume Thaurignac
4,
Angelika Lander
2,
Leonce Kouadio
7,8,
Kathrin Nowak
1,2,
Victor Corman
6,
Christian Drosten
6,
Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann
7,
Detlev H. Krüger
6,
Andreas Kurth
2,
Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer
1,2,9,
Martine Peeters
4,
Nyanda E. Ntinginya
3,
Fabian H. Leendertz
1,2,9 and
Chacha Mangu
3
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
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Viruses 2024, 16(8), 1227; https://doi.org/10.3390/v16081227
Submission received: 24 June 2024 / Revised: 23 July 2024 / Accepted: 24 July 2024 / Published: 31 July 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bat- and Rodent-Borne Zoonotic Viruses)
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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.
Keywords: Orthoebolavirus bombaliense; ebolavirus; Filoviridae; natural host; free-tailed bat Orthoebolavirus bombaliense; ebolavirus; Filoviridae; natural host; free-tailed bat
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Düx, A.; Lwitiho, S.E.; Ayouba, A.; Röthemeier, C.; Merkel, K.; Weiss, S.; Thaurignac, G.; Lander, A.; Kouadio, L.; Nowak, K.; et al. Detection of Bombali Virus in a Mops condylurus Bat in Kyela, Tanzania. Viruses 2024, 16, 1227. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16081227

AMA Style

Düx A, Lwitiho SE, Ayouba A, Röthemeier C, Merkel K, Weiss S, Thaurignac G, Lander A, Kouadio L, Nowak K, et al. Detection of Bombali Virus in a Mops condylurus Bat in Kyela, Tanzania. Viruses. 2024; 16(8):1227. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16081227

Chicago/Turabian Style

Düx, Ariane, Sudi E. Lwitiho, Ahidjo Ayouba, Caroline Röthemeier, Kevin Merkel, Sabrina Weiss, Guillaume Thaurignac, Angelika Lander, Leonce Kouadio, Kathrin Nowak, and et al. 2024. "Detection of Bombali Virus in a Mops condylurus Bat in Kyela, Tanzania" Viruses 16, no. 8: 1227. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16081227

APA Style

Düx, A., Lwitiho, S. E., Ayouba, A., Röthemeier, C., Merkel, K., Weiss, S., Thaurignac, G., Lander, A., Kouadio, L., Nowak, K., Corman, V., Drosten, C., Couacy-Hymann, E., Krüger, D. H., Kurth, A., Calvignac-Spencer, S., Peeters, M., Ntinginya, N. E., Leendertz, F. H., & Mangu, C. (2024). Detection of Bombali Virus in a Mops condylurus Bat in Kyela, Tanzania. Viruses, 16(8), 1227. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16081227

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