Genetically Diverse Filoviruses in Rousettus and Eonycteris spp. Bats, China, 2009 and 2015.

ABSTRACT: Genetically divergent filoviruses detected in Rousettus and Eonycteris spp. bats in China exhibited 61%-99% nt identity with reported filoviruses, based on partial replicase sequences, and they demonstrated lung tropism. Co-infection with 4 different filoviruses was found in 1 bat. These results demonstrate that fruit bats are key reservoirs of filoviruses.

SUBMITTER: Yang XL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5382765 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature