Attempted Transmission of Marburg Virus by Bat-Associated Fleas Thaumapsylla breviceps breviceps (Ischnopsyllidae: Thaumapsyllinae) to the Egyptian Rousette Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) [PDF]
VirusesEgyptian 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.
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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.
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Micro‒Global Positioning Systems for Identifying Nightly Opportunities for Marburg Virus Spillover to Humans by Egyptian Rousette Bats [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Marburg virus disease, caused by Marburg and Ravn orthomarburgviruses, emerges sporadically in sub-Saharan Africa and is often fatal in humans. The natural reservoir is the Egyptian rousette bat (ERB), which sheds virus in saliva, urine, and feces ...
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 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 ...
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Unique Features of Immunity Within the Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Locus of Egyptian Rousette Bats
Proceedings (mdpi), 2020 Marburg virus (MARV) presents with a hemorrhagic fever in primates but asymptomatically in its known reservoir, the Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus, ERB). Understanding the biological mechanisms that explain these differential outcomes could
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Human macrophages infected with Egyptian Rousette bat-isolated Marburg virus display inter-individual susceptibility and antiviral responsiveness [PDF]
npj VirusesMarburg virus (MARV) is a highly pathogenic filovirus and a causative agent of sporadic zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks with high case fatality rates.
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Evaluation of long-term immunity following inoculation with highly diverse orthomarburgvirus isolates in Egyptian rousette bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) [PDF]
Journal of VirologyViral coinfections and their impact on long-term immunity represent an understudied area in disease ecology and infectious disease research. Coinfections can influence the host’s susceptibility to future infections, alter host and pathogen population ...
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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.
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Sosuga Virus Detected in Egyptian Rousette Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) in Sierra Leone [PDF]
VirusesSosuga virus (SOSV), a rare human pathogenic paramyxovirus, was first discovered in 2012 when a person became ill after working in South Sudan and Uganda.
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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.
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