LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDIES ON THE MICROFILARIAE OF DIPTALONEMA VITAE DERPKAGORSKAYA, 1923 (NEMATODA: FILARIIDAE) PARASITIZING THE BLOOD OF FRUIT BATS ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS AEGYPTIACUS AT ASSIUT LOCALITY [PDF]
Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 2005 Out of 179 bats examined only three (1.7%) were infected with the microfilariae of Diptalonema vitae. the microfilariae were encountered in the peripheral blood of Rousettus aegyptiacus aegyptiacus. They are unsheathed and have a broad cephalic end and a
G.H. ABED +3 more
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Establishment of fruit bat cells (Rousettus aegyptiacus) as a model system for the investigation of filoviral infection. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010 BACKGROUND: The fruit bat species Rousettus aegyptiacus was identified as a potential reservoir for the highly pathogenic filovirus Marburg virus. To establish a basis for a molecular understanding of the biology of filoviruses in the reservoir host, we ...
Verena Krähling +7 more
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REDISCOVERY OF MERISTASPIS LATERALIS (KOLENATI) (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA: SPINTURNICIDAE) PARASITIZING THE EGYPTIAN FRUIT BAT, ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS (GEOFFROY) (MAMMALIA: CHIROPTERA), WITH A KEY TO MITES OF BATS IN EGYPT [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2014 Faunistic information about bat mites in Egypt is scarce. Collection records of parasitic mites, Meristaspis lateralis (Kolenati, 1856) (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae), are reported from the Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus (Geoffroy, 1810 ...
MAHMOUD FAKEER, MOHAMED NEGM
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Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak in Guinea, August 2021
Global Biosecurity, 2022 Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) formerly known as Marburg Virus Haemorrhagic Fever is a zoonotic disease which can lead to a severe form of haemorrhagic fever, causing multi-organ failure and death.
Jessica Yang
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Genetická struktura mediteránních populací kaloně Rousettus aegyptiacus [PDF]
, 2012 5 Abstract The genus Rousettus represents the only fruit bat genus distributed both in Asia and Africa reaching northern distributional limits of the Pteropodidae family. This unusual distribution pattern is related to the ability of echolocation, subsequent cave dwelling and probably other thermoregulatory and behavioural adaptations to relatively ...
Marešová, Tereza
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Human-Pathogenic Kasokero Virus in Field-Collected Ticks
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 Kasokero virus (KASV; genus Orthonairovirus) was first isolated in 1977 at Uganda Virus Research Institute from serum collected from Rousettus aegyptiacus bats captured at Kasokero Cave, Uganda.
Amy J. Schuh +5 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 In 2021, a patient died from Marburg virus (MARV) disease in Guinea and it was the first confirmed case in West Africa. The origin of the outbreak has not been identified. It was revealed that the patient didn't travel anywhere before the illness.
Marat T Makenov +16 more
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Detailed data on MARV-positive Rousettus aegyptiacus.
, 2023 Detailed data on MARV-positive Rousettus aegyptiacus.
Ivan S. Kholodilov (15361345) +16 more
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Seasonal challenges of tropical bats in temperate zones
Scientific Reports, 2022 To examine the challenges faced by free-ranging Rousettus aegyptiacus living at the northern edge of their distribution, we performed a retrospective analysis of 2196 clinical cases reported by a bat rescue NGO over a period of 36 months, from throughout
Maya Weinberg +8 more
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Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 2015 The present study was planned to find the effect of different feeding habits on the structure of the duodenum and small intestine of adult, prenatal and postnatal of both fructivorous Rousettus aegyptiacus and the insectivorous Taphozous nudiventris ...
Atteyat Selim, Eman El Nahas
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