{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Dux A"],"funding":["Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)","European Union","DFG projects"],"pagination":["1227"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11358901"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Bombali virus (BOMV) is a novel Orthoebolavirus that has been detected in free-tailed bats in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Kenya, and Mozambique. We screened our collection of 349 free-tailed bat lungs collected in Côte d'Ivoire and Tanzania for BOMV RNA and tested 228 bat blood samples for BOMV antibodies. We did not detect BOMV-specific antibodies but found BOMV RNA in a <i>Mops condylurus</i> bat from Tanzania, marking the first detection of an ebolavirus in this country. Our findings further expand the geographic range of BOMV and support <i>M. condylurus</i>' role as a natural BOMV host."],"journal":["Viruses"],"pubmed_title":["Detection of Bombali Virus in a &lt;i&gt;Mops condylurus&lt;/i&gt; Bat in Kyela, Tanzania."],"pmcid":["PMC11358901"],"funding_grant_id":["FOOD/2016/379-660","KR 1293/15-1","LE 1813/7-1"],"pubmed_authors":["Couacy-Hymann E","Nowak K","Lander A","Kouadio L","Merkel K","Kurth A","Peeters M","Leendertz FH","Kruger DH","Calvignac-Spencer S","Thaurignac G","Mangu C","Corman V","Ntinginya NE","Drosten C","Ayouba A","Weiss S","Lwitiho SE","Dux A","Rothemeier C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Detection of Bombali Virus in a &lt;i&gt;Mops condylurus&lt;/i&gt; Bat in Kyela, Tanzania.","description":"Bombali virus (BOMV) is a novel Orthoebolavirus that has been detected in free-tailed bats in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Kenya, and Mozambique. We screened our collection of 349 free-tailed bat lungs collected in Côte d'Ivoire and Tanzania for BOMV RNA and tested 228 bat blood samples for BOMV antibodies. We did not detect BOMV-specific antibodies but found BOMV RNA in a <i>Mops condylurus</i> bat from Tanzania, marking the first detection of an ebolavirus in this country. Our findings further expand the geographic range of BOMV and support <i>M. condylurus</i>' role as a natural BOMV host.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jul","modification":"2026-05-22T03:21:06.167Z","creation":"2025-04-04T10:39:05.377Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11358901","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39205201"],"doi":["10.3390/v16081227"]}}