Serological and molecular analysis of henipavirus infections in synanthropic fruit bat and rodent populations in the Centre and North regions of Cameroon (2018–2020) [PDF]
BMC Veterinary ResearchBackground Bats and rodents have been identified as reservoirs for several highly pathogenic and zoonotic viruses including henipaviruses, a genus within the Paramyxoviridae family.
Cyrille Mbanwi Mbu’u +11 more
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Pronounced Seasonal Changes in the Movement Ecology of a Highly Gregarious Central-Place Forager, the African Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) migrate over vast distances across the African continent, probably following seasonal bursts of resource availability.
Jakob Fahr +6 more
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Novel, potentially zoonotic paramyxoviruses from the African straw-colored fruit bat Eidolon helvum. [PDF]
J Virol, 2013 ABSTRACT Bats carry a variety of paramyxoviruses that impact human and domestic animal health when spillover occurs. Recent studies have shown a great diversity of paramyxoviruses in an urban-roosting population of straw-colored fruit bats in Ghana.
Baker KS +18 more
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A Novel Nobecovirus in an Epomophorus wahlbergi Bat from Nairobi, Kenya [PDF]
VirusesMost human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, originating in animal hosts prior to spillover to humans. Prioritizing the surveillance of wildlife that overlaps with humans and human activities can increase the likelihood of detecting viruses with
Meredith C. VanAcker +19 more
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Sex differences in the bony pelvis of the fruit-eating bat, Eidolon helvum
Folia morphologica, 2000 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Nwoha, Polycarp U; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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Seasonal shedding of coronavirus by straw-colored fruit bats at urban roosts in Africa
PLoS ONE, 2022 The straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) is a pteropodid whose conservation is crucial for maintaining functional connectivity of plant populations in tropical Africa.
Diego Montecino-Latorre +11 more
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Molecular epidemiology of paramyxoviruses in frugivorous Eidolon helvum bats in Zambia. [PDF]
J Vet Med Sci, 2014 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) In this study, we describe the detection of novel paramyxoviruses from the Eidolon helvum species of fruit bats. We extracted RNA from 312 spleen samples from bats captured in Zambia over a period of 4 years (2008-2011).
Muleya W +12 more
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Virus neutralising activity of African fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) sera against emerging lyssaviruses. [PDF]
Virology, 2010 It is likely that phylogroup 2 lyssaviruses circulate within bat reservoirs. We adapted a pseudotype (pt) neutralisation assay (PNA) to amultiplex format enabling serosurveillance for Lagos bat virus (LBV),Mokola virus (MOKV) and West Caucasian bat virus
Wright E +8 more
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Mammalian Species, 1988 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
DeFrees, Sheri L., Wilson, Don E.
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Long-term survival of an urban fruit bat seropositive for Ebola and Lagos bat viruses. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Ebolaviruses (EBOV) (family Filoviridae) cause viral hemorrhagic fevers in humans and non-human primates when they spill over from their wildlife reservoir hosts with case fatality rates of up to 90%.
David T S Hayman +7 more
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