Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bats, Guinea

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Sep;25(9):1774-1775. doi: 10.3201/eid2509.190581. Epub 2019 Sep 17.

Abstract

In 2018, a previously unknown Ebola virus, Bombali virus, was discovered in Sierra Leone. We describe detection of Bombali virus in Guinea. We found viral RNA in internal organs of 3 Angolan free-tailed bats (Mops condylurus) trapped in the city of N'Zerekore and in a nearby village.

Keywords: Angolan free-tailed bats; Bombali virus; Chaerephon pumilus; EBOV; EVD; Ebola; Filoviridae; Guinea; Liberia; Mops condylurus; Russia; viruses.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chiroptera / virology*
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
  • Disease Reservoirs*
  • Ebolavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Guinea / epidemiology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / transmission
  • Humans
  • Liberia / epidemiology
  • Zoonoses