A novel Coltivirus-related virus isolated from free-tailed bats from Cote d'Ivoire is able to infect human cells in vitro.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Zoonotic transmission events play a major role in the emergence of novel diseases. While such events are virtually impossible to predict, wildlife screening for potential emerging pathogens can be a first step. Driven by recent disease epidemics like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and Ebola, bats have gained special interest as reservoirs of emerging viruses.

Methods

As part of a bigger study investigating pathogens in African bats we screened animals for the presence of known and unknown viruses.

Results

We isolated and characterised a novel reovirus from blood of free-tailed bats (Chaereophon aloysiisabaudiae) captured in 2006 in Côte d'Ivoire. The virus showed closest relationship with two human pathoge

SUBMITTER: Weiss S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5604424 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature