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Exposure of Egyptian Rousette Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) and a Little Free-Tailed Bat (Chaerephon pumilus) to Alphaviruses in Uganda [PDF]

Diseases, 2022
The reservoir for zoonotic o’nyong-nyong virus (ONNV) has remained unknown since this virus was first recognized in Uganda in 1959. Building on existing evidence for mosquito blood-feeding on various frugivorous bat species in Uganda, and seroprevalence ...
Rebekah C. Kading, Erin M. Borland, Eric C. Mossel, Teddy Nakayiki, Betty Nalikka, Jeremy P. Ledermann, Mary B. Crabtree, Nicholas A. Panella, Luke Nyakarahuka, Amy T. Gilbert, Julian C. Kerbis-Peterhans, Jonathan S. Towner, Brian R. Amman, Tara K. Sealy, Barry R. Miller, Julius J. Lutwama, Robert M. Kityo, Ann M. Powers   +17 more
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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.
Rochelle Rademan, Marike Geldenhuys, Wanda Markotter   +2 more
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Tick salivary gland components dampen Kasokero virus infection and shedding in its vertebrate reservoir, the Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background The human-pathogenic Kasokero virus (KASV) circulates in an enzootic transmission cycle between Egyptian rousette bats (ERBs; Rousettus aegyptiacus) and their argasid tick ectoparasites, Ornithodoros (Reticulinasus) faini.
Amy J. Schuh, Brian R. Amman, Jonathan C. Guito, James C. Graziano, Tara K. Sealy, Jonathan S. Towner   +5 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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Attempted Transmission of Marburg Virus by Bat-Associated Fleas Thaumapsylla breviceps breviceps (Ischnopsyllidae: Thaumapsyllinae) to the Egyptian Rousette Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) [PDF]

Viruses
Egyptian rousette bats (ERBs) are implicated as reservoir hosts for Marburg virus (MARV), but natural mechanisms involved in maintenance of MARV in ERB populations remain undefined.
Janusz T. Pawęska, Nadia Storm, Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Wanda Markotter, Alan Kemp   +4 more
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Clinical, Histopathologic, and Immunohistochemical Characterization of Experimental Marburg Virus Infection in A Natural Reservoir Host, the Egyptian Rousette Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) [PDF]

Viruses, 2019
Egyptian rousette bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) are natural reservoir hosts of Marburg virus (MARV), and Ravn virus (RAVV; collectively called marburgviruses) and have been linked to human cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD). We investigated the clinical
Megan E.B. Jones, Brian R. Amman, Tara K. Sealy, Luke S. Uebelhoer, Amy J. Schuh, Timothy Flietstra, Brian H. Bird, JoAnn D. Coleman-McCray, Sherif R. Zaki, Stuart T. Nichol, Jonathan S. Towner   +10 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.
Ivet A. Yordanova, Catherine E. Arnold, Nicolas Corrales, Jonathan C. Guito, Angelika Lander, Lay Teng Ang, Lay Teng Ang, Jonathan S. Towner, Joseph B. Prescott   +8 more
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Viral maintenance and excretion dynamics of coronaviruses within an Egyptian rousette fruit bat maternal colony: considerations for spillover [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
Novel coronavirus species of public health and veterinary importance have emerged in the first two decades of the twenty-first century, with bats identified as natural hosts for progenitors of many coronaviruses.
Marike Geldenhuys, Noam Ross, Muriel Dietrich, John L. de Vries, Marinda Mortlock, Jonathan H. Epstein, Jacqueline Weyer, Janusz T. Pawęska, Wanda Markotter   +8 more
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Activation of RNase L in Egyptian Rousette Bat-Derived RoNi/7 Cells Is Dependent Primarily on OAS3 and Independent of MAVS Signaling [PDF]

mBio, 2019
Bats are reservoirs for many RNA viruses that are highly pathogenic in humans yet relatively apathogenic in the natural host. It has been suggested that differences in innate immunity are responsible.
Yize Li, Beihua Dong, Zuzhang Wei, Robert H. Silverman, Susan R. Weiss   +4 more
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Human macrophages infected with Egyptian Rousette bat-isolated Marburg virus display inter-individual susceptibility and antiviral responsiveness [PDF]

npj Viruses
Marburg virus (MARV) is a highly pathogenic filovirus and a causative agent of sporadic zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks with high case fatality rates.
Ivet A. Yordanova, Angelika Lander, Annette Wahlbrink, Jonathan S. Towner, César G. Albariño, Lay Teng Ang, Joseph B. Prescott   +6 more
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