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Detection and Characterization of an H9N2 Influenza A Virus in the Egyptian Rousette Bat in Limpopo, South Africa [PDF]

Viruses, 2023
In recent years, bats have been shown to host various novel bat-specific influenza viruses, including H17N10 and H18N11 in the Americas and the H9N2 subtype from Africa. Rousettus aegyptiacus (Egyptian Rousette bat) is recognized as a host species for diverse viral agents. This study focused on the molecular surveillance of a maternal colony in Limpopo,
Rochelle Rademan, Marike Geldenhuys, Wanda Markotter   +2 more
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Shedding of Marburg Virus in Naturally Infected Egyptian Rousette Bats, South Africa, 2017 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
PawÄ™ska, Janusz T., Storm, Nadia, Markotter, Wanda, Di Paola, Nicholas, Wiley, Michael R., Palacios, Gustavo, Jansen van Vuren, Petrus   +6 more
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Experimental Inoculation of Egyptian Rousette Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) with Viruses of the Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus Genera [PDF]

Viruses, 2015
The Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is a natural reservoir for marburgviruses and a consistent source of virus spillover to humans. Cumulative evidence suggests various bat species may also transmit ebolaviruses. We investigated the susceptibility of Egyptian rousettes to each of the five known ebolaviruses (Sudan, Ebola, Bundibugyo, Taï ...
Megan Jones, Amy Schuh, Brian Amman, Tara Sealy, Sherif Zaki, Stuart Nichol, Jonathan Towner   +6 more
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Egyptian Rousette IFN-ω Subtypes Elicit Distinct Antiviral Effects and Transcriptional Responses in Conspecific Cells [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats host a number of viruses that cause severe disease in humans without experiencing overt symptoms of disease themselves. While the mechanisms underlying this ability to avoid sickness are not known, deep sequencing studies of bat genomes have uncovered genetic adaptations that may have functional ...
Stephanie S. Pavlovich, Stephanie S. Pavlovich, Tamarand Darling, Adam J. Hume, Adam J. Hume, Robert A. Davey, Robert A. Davey, Robert A. Davey, Feng Feng, Elke Mühlberger, Elke Mühlberger, Thomas B. Kepler, Thomas B. Kepler, Thomas B. Kepler   +13 more
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Sosuga Virus Detected in Egyptian Rousette Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) in Sierra Leone [PDF]

Viruses
Sosuga virus (SOSV), a rare human pathogenic paramyxovirus, was first discovered in 2012 when a person became ill after working in South Sudan and Uganda. During an ecological investigation, several species of bats were sampled and tested for SOSV RNA and only one species, the Egyptian rousette bat (ERBs; Rousettus aegyptiacus), tested positive.
Brian R. Amman, Alusine H. Koroma, Amy J. Schuh, Immah Conteh, Tara K. Sealy, Ibrahim Foday, Jonathan Johnny, Ibrahim A. Bakarr, Shannon L. M. Whitmer, Emily A. Wright, Aiah A. Gbakima, James Graziano, Camilla Bangura, Emmanuel Kamanda, Augustus Osborne, Emmanuel Saidu, Jonathan A. Musa, Doris F. Bangura, Sammuel M. T. Williams, George M. Fefegula, Christian Sumaila, Juliet Jabaty, Fatmata H. James, Amara Jambai, Kate Garnett, Thomas F. Kamara, Jonathan S. Towner, Aiah Lebbie   +27 more
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Gastrointestinal Shedding of Rubulaviruses from Egyptian Rousette Bats: Temporal Dynamics and Spillover Implications [PDF]

Microorganisms
Bats are recognized as reservoirs for diverse paramyxoviruses, some of which are closely related to known human pathogens or directly implicated in zoonotic transmission. The emergence of the zoonotic Sosuga virus (SOSV) from Egyptian rousette bats (ERBs), which caused an acute febrile illness in a reported human case in Africa, has increased the focus
Tauya S. Muvengi, Marinda Mortlock, Morgan P. Kain, Wanda Markotter   +3 more
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Transcriptomics Reveal Antiviral Gene Induction in the Egyptian Rousette Bat Is Antagonized In Vitro by Marburg Virus Infection [PDF]

Viruses, 2018
The Egyptian rousette bat (ERB) is the only known Marburg virus (MARV) reservoir host. ERBs develop a productive MARV infection with low viremia and shedding but no overt disease, suggesting this virus is efficiently controlled by ERB antiviral responses.
Catherine E. Arnold, Jonathan C. Guito, Louis A. Altamura, Sean P. Lovett, Elyse R. Nagle, Gustavo F. Palacios, Mariano Sanchez-Lockhart, Jonathan S. Towner   +7 more
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Marburg and Sudan viruses elicit divergent interferon responses and cytokine storm signaling in Egyptian rousette bat macrophages [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionEgyptian rousette bats (ERBs) are the only known natural reservoir of Marburg virus (MARV), etiologic agent of a highly-pathogenic zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever. Evolutionary adaptations in ERBs allow for fine-tuned discrete pro-inflammatory immune responses that control MARV infection, yet permit population-level viral maintenance ...
Ivet A, Yordanova, Catherine E, Arnold, Nicolas, Corrales, Jonathan C, Guito, Angelika, Lander, Lay Teng, Ang, Jonathan S, Towner, Joseph B, Prescott   +7 more
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Co-Circulation and Excretion Dynamics of Diverse Rubula- and Related Viruses in Egyptian Rousette Bats from South Africa [PDF]

Viruses, 2019
The Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) has previously been implicated as the natural host of a zoonotic rubulavirus; however, its association with rubulaviruses has been studied to a limited extent. Urine, spleen, and other organs collected from the R.
Marinda Mortlock, Muriel Dietrich, Jacqueline Weyer, Janusz T. Paweska, Wanda Markotter   +4 more
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Seasonal shedding patterns of diverse henipavirus-related paramyxoviruses in Egyptian rousette bats [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2021
AbstractBat-borne viruses in the Henipavirus genus have been associated with zoonotic diseases of high morbidity and mortality in Asia and Australia. In Africa, the Egyptian rousette bat species (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is an important viral host in which Henipavirus-related viral sequences have previously been identified.
Mortlock, Marinda, Geldenhuys, Marike, Dietrich, Muriel, Epstein, Jonathan, Weyer, Jacqueline, Pawęska, Janusz, Markotter, Wanda   +6 more
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