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Title	en Seroepidemiological Prevalence of Multiple Species of Filoviruses in Fruit Bats (Eidolon helvum) Migrating in Africa
Creator	en Ogawa, Hirohito en Miyamoto, Hiroko en Nakayama, Eri en Yoshida, Reiko en Nakamura, Ichiro NRID 1000020374241 en Sawa, Hirofumi NRID 1000030292006 en Ishii, Akihiro NRID 1000090421982 en Thomas, Yuka en Nakagawa, Emiko en Matsuno, Keita en Kajihara, Masahiro en Maruyama, Junki en Nao, Naganori en Muramatsu, Mieko en Kuroda, Makoto en Simulundu, Edgar en Changula, Katendi en Hang'ombe, Bernard en Namangala, Boniface en Nambota, Andrew en Katampi, Jackson en Igarashi, Manabu NRID 1000010374240 en Ito, Kimihito NRID 1000060396314 en Feldmann, Heinz en Sugimoto, Chihiro NRID 1000090231373 en Moonga, Ladslav en Mweene, Aaron en Takada, Ayato NRID 1000010292062
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Rights	en This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Infectious Diseases following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version (2015) 212 (suppl. 2): S101-S108 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv063
Subject	Other en Ebola virus Other en Marburg virus Other en filovirus Other en specific antibody Other en fruit bat Other en Zambia NDC 493
Description	Abstract en Fruit bats are suspected to be a natural reservoir of filoviruses, including Ebola and Marburg viruses. Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on the viral glycoprotein antigens, we detected filovirus-specific immunoglobulin G antibodies in 71 of 748 serum samples collected from migratory fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) in Zambia during 2006-2013. Although antibodies to African filoviruses (eg, Zaire ebolavirus) were most prevalent, some serum samples showed distinct specificity for Reston ebolavirus, which that has thus far been found only in Asia. Interestingly, the transition of filovirus species causing outbreaks in Central and West Africa during 2005-2014 seemed to be synchronized with the change of the serologically dominant virus species in these bats. These data suggest the introduction of multiple species of filoviruses in the migratory bat population and point to the need for continued surveillance of filovirus infection of wild animals in sub-Saharan Africa, including hitherto nonendemic countries.
Publisher	en Oxford University Press
Date	Issued2015-10-01
Language	eng
Resource Type	journal article
Version Type	AM
Identifier	HDL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/60888
Relation	isVersionOf DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv063 PMID 25786916
Journal	PISSN 0022-1899 EISSN 1537-6613 NCID AA00700110 en Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume Number212 Issue Number2 Page StartS101 Page EndS108
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Oaidate	2023-07-26