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Experimental Inoculation of Egyptian Fruit Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) With Ebola Virus [PDF]

Viruses, 2016
Colonized Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus), originating in South Africa, were inoculated subcutaneously with Ebola virus (EBOV). No overt signs of morbidity, mortality, or gross lesions were noted.
Janusz Pawęska, Antoinette Grobbelaar, Nadia Storm   +2 more
exaly   +11 more sources

Isolation of Genetically Diverse Marburg Viruses From Egyptian Fruit Bats [PDF]

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
Robert Downing, Pierre E Rollin, Brian R Amman   +2 more
exaly   +8 more sources

Marburgvirus in Egyptian Fruit Bats, Zambia [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
We detected Marburg virus genome in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) captured in Zambia in September 2018. The virus was closely related phylogenetically to the viruses that previously caused Marburg outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the
Masahiro Kajihara, Bernard M. Hang’ombe, Katendi Changula, Hayato Harima, Mao Isono, Kosuke Okuya, Reiko Yoshida, Akina Mori-Kajihara, Yoshiki Eto, Yasuko Orba, Hirohito Ogawa, Yongjin Qiu, Hirofumi Sawa, Edgar Simulundu, Daniel Mwizabi, Musso Munyeme, David Squarre, Victor Mukonka, Aaron Mweene, Ayato Takada   +19 more
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Egyptian Fruit Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) Were Resistant to Experimental Inoculation with Avian-Origin Influenza A Virus of Subtype H9N2, But Are Susceptible to Experimental Infection with Bat-Borne H9N2 Virus [PDF]

Viruses, 2021
Influenza A viruses (IAV) of subtype H9N2, endemic in world-wide poultry holdings, are reported to cause spill-over infections to pigs and humans and have also contributed substantially to recent reassortment-derived pre-pandemic zoonotic viruses of ...
Nico Joel Halwe, Marco Gorka, Bernd Hoffmann, Melanie Rissmann, Angele Breithaupt, Martin Schwemmle, Martin Beer, Ahmed Kandeil, Mohamed A. Ali, Ghazi Kayali, Donata Hoffmann, Anne Balkema-Buschmann   +11 more
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Spatial networks differ when food supply changes: Foraging strategy of Egyptian fruit bats. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2020
Animals are faced with a range of ecological constraints that shape their behavioural decisions. Habitat features that affect resource abundance will also have an impact, especially as regards spatial distribution, which will in turn affect associations ...
Erik Bachorec, Ivan Horáček, Pavel Hulva, Adam Konečný, Radek K Lučan, Petr Jedlička, Wael M Shohdi, Šimon Řeřucha, Mounir Abi-Said, Tomáš Bartonička   +9 more
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Anesthesia, pain management and surgical approach of ovariectomy or orchiectomy in six Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus): A case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
The purpose of this report is to describe the anesthetic and analgesic management and the surgical procedures of gonadectomy in six (four females and two males) healthy adult Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus).
Smadar Tal, Smadar Tal, Yael Shilo-Benjamini   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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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Comparison of two injectable anaesthetic protocols in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) undergoing gonadectomy [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2022
Egyptian fruit bats have gained increasing interest being a natural reservoir for emerging zoonotic viruses. Anaesthesia is often required to allow safe handling of bats.
Martina Amari, Federica Alessandra Brioschi, Vanessa Rabbogliatti, Federica Di Cesare, Alessandro Pecile, Alessia Giordano, Pierangelo Moretti, William Magnone, Francesco Bonato, Giuliano Ravasio   +9 more
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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus, including MRSA and PVL-positive isolates, in Egyptian fruit bats [PDF]

BMC Veterinary Research
Background Bats are widely distributed mammals capable of harboring diverse pathogens, including antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), particularly methicillin-resistant S.
Toka A. Allam, Fatma Abdel-Kader, Mona Kadry   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources