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Genetically Diverse Filoviruses in Rousettus and Eonycteris spp. Bats, China, 2009 and 2015.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2017
Yang Xing-Lou, Zhang Yun-Zhi, Jiang Ren-Di, Guo Hua, Zhang Wei, Li Bei, Wang Ning, Wang Li, Waruhiu Cecilia, Zhou Ji-Hua, Li Shi-Yue, Daszak Peter, Wang Lin-Fa, Shi Zheng-Li
Abstract excerpt
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.
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