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Attenuated infection by a Pteropine orthoreovirus isolated from an Egyptian fruit bat in Zambia. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
BackgroundPteropine orthoreovirus (PRV) is an emerging bat-borne zoonotic virus that causes severe respiratory illness in humans. Although PRVs have been identified in fruit bats and humans in Australia and Asia, little is known about the prevalence of ...
Hayato Harima, Michihito Sasaki, Yasuko Orba, Kosuke Okuya, Yongjin Qiu, Christida E Wastika, Katendi Changula, Masahiro Kajihara, Edgar Simulundu, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Yoshiki Eto, Akina Mori-Kajihara, Akihiko Sato, Satoshi Taniguchi, Ayato Takada, Masayuki Saijo, Bernard M Hang'ombe, Hirofumi Sawa   +17 more
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A novel poxvirus isolated from an Egyptian fruit bat in Israel [PDF]

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2020
An Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) from the Zoological Gardens, at Tel Aviv, Israel, showed pox‐like clinical signs including vesicular and nodular skin lesions on the wings.
Dan David, Irit Davidson, Asaf Berkowitz, Sharon Karniely, Nir Edery, Velizar Bumbarov, Orly Laskar, Ron Elazari‐Volcani   +7 more
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Urbanisation Drives Microevolution in the Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) [PDF]

Evolutionary Applications
Urbanisation is a pervasive global phenomenon that exerts strong influence on biodiversity and ecosystems. Many species can thrive in urban landscapes by capitalising on generalist traits and environmental resilience; however, this does not safeguard ...
Yomiran Nissan, Shani Inbar, Eyal Privman, Yossi Yovel, Orly Razgour   +4 more
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Isolation of genetically diverse Marburg viruses from Egyptian fruit bats.

PLoS Pathogens, 2009
In July and September 2007, miners working in Kitaka Cave, Uganda, were diagnosed with Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The likely source of infection in the cave was Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) based on detection of Marburg virus RNA in 31/611
Jonathan S Towner, Brian R Amman, Tara K Sealy, Serena A Reeder Carroll, James A Comer, Alan Kemp, Robert Swanepoel, Christopher D Paddock, Stephen Balinandi, Marina L Khristova, Pierre B H Formenty, Cesar G Albarino, David M Miller, Zachary D Reed, John T Kayiwa, James N Mills, Deborah L Cannon, Patricia W Greer, Emmanuel Byaruhanga, Eileen C Farnon, Patrick Atimnedi, Samuel Okware, Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Robert Downing, Jordan W Tappero, Sherif R Zaki, Thomas G Ksiazek, Stuart T Nichol, Pierre E Rollin   +28 more
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Ephrin B1 and B2 Mediate Cedar Virus Entry into Egyptian Fruit Bat Cells [PDF]

Viruses
Cedar virus (CedV), closely related to the Hendra and Nipah viruses, is a novel Henipavirus that was originally isolated from flying foxes in Australia in 2012. Although its glycoprotein G exhibits relatively low sequence similarity with its counterparts
Lea Lenhard, Martin Müller, Sandra Diederich, Lisa Loerzer, Virginia Friedrichs, Bernd Köllner, Stefan Finke, Anca Dorhoi, Gang Pei   +8 more
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Metabolomics-constrained modelling reveals dominant oxidative metabolism in the Egyptian fruit bat myocardium. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
AimThe present study aimed to elucidate which pathways contribute to cardiometabolic adaptation in Egyptian fruit bats.MethodsUtilising cardiac tissues from Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) and C57BL/6J mice, we combined liquid chromatography ...
Anja Karlstaedt, Fenn Cullen, Rosie Drinkwater, Zenouska Ramchunder, Kyoungmin Kim, Megan Young, Stephen J Rossiter, Dunja Aksentijevic   +7 more
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The presence of wingless bat flies [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Bat ectoparasites are important components of bat communities and have close ecological relationships with their hosts. Eucampsipoda africana ( E. africana ) is a wingless bat fly that parasitizes Egyptian fruit bats ( Rousettus aegyptiacus ), but its ...
Herbertha Elias Mpete, Emma Peter Njau, Mikidadi Issanudia Mtalika, Deusdedith Bwenge Fidelis, Susan Diana Kerfua, Philemon Wambura, Emmanuel George Kifaro   +6 more
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Case Report of Unusual Mortality of Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) in northern Cyprus [PDF]

Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine
We report an unusual mortality event affecting the isolated Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) population in northern Cyprus, combining clinical admissions, microbiological findings, and roost surveys to assess magnitude and potential drivers ...
Maya Weinberg, Dominika Kňazovická, Rianne Pelgrims, İlayda Taşkaya, Pera Sinkovec, Luis Víquez-R, Kendra Phelps, Allyson Walsh, Lucy A. Weinert, Alex J. Dumbrell, Paul A. Racey, Tigga Kingston, Julie Teresa Shapiro   +12 more
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Comparative susceptibility of Old World and New World bat cell lines to Zika virus: Insights into viral replication and inflammatory responses. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundThe emergence of flaviviruses and other arboviruses in novel geographic locations, arthropod vectors, and vertebrate amplification hosts complicates control and eradication efforts.
Alexander J Brown, Anna C Fagre, Julianna Gilson, Jennifer Horton, J Nick Allen, Ricardo Rivero, Mahsan Karimi, Emily Speranza, Michael Letko, Stephanie N Seifert   +9 more
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Isolation, toxin gene profiling, and phylogenetic analysis of Clostridium perfringens in Egyptian fruit bats: public health and epidemiological implications [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) is spore forming, toxin producing bacterium causing serious diseases in both animals and man and its presence in bats, especially the Egyptian fruit bat, are ecologically important yet increasingly interact with ...
Toka A. Allam, Fatma Abdel-kader, Mona Kadry   +2 more
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