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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Identification of novel paramyxoviruses in insectivorous bats of the Southwest Indian Ocean
Virus Research, Volume 170, No. 1-2, Year 2012
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Description
Bats are reservoirs for many emerging zoonotic viruses. In this study, we screened 197 animals from 15 different bat species of the Southwest Indian Ocean for paramyxovirus infection and identified paramyxoviruses in five insectivorous bat-species from the Union of the Comoros (3/66), Mauritius (1/55) and Madagascar (4/76). Viral isolation was possible via cell culture and phylogenetic analysis revealed these viruses clustered in a Morbillivirus-related lineage, with relatively high nucleotide sequence similarity to other recently discovered insectivorous-bat paramyxoviruses but distinct from those known to circulate in frugivorous bats. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Wilkinson, David A.
Reunion, Paris
Plateforme de Recherche Cyroi
France, Saint-denis
Université de la Réunion
Reunion
Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement Ird
Temmam, Sarah
Reunion, Paris
Plateforme de Recherche Cyroi
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Lebarbenchon, Camille
Reunion, Paris
Plateforme de Recherche Cyroi
France, Saint-denis
Université de la Réunion
Lagadec, Erwan
Reunion, Paris
Plateforme de Recherche Cyroi
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
France, Paris
Cirad
Chotte, Julien
Reunion, Paris
Plateforme de Recherche Cyroi
Reunion
Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement Ird
Guillebaud, Julia
Reunion, Paris
Plateforme de Recherche Cyroi
Reunion
Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement Ird
Ramasindrazana, Beza
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Association Vahatra
Héraud, Jean Michel
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
De-Lamballerie, Xavier Nicolas
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Goodman, Steven Michael
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Association Vahatra
United States, Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Dellagi, Koussey
Reunion, Paris
Plateforme de Recherche Cyroi
Reunion
Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement Ird
Pascalis, Hervé
Reunion, Paris
Plateforme de Recherche Cyroi
Reunion
Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement Ird
Statistics
Citations: 48
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.virusres.2012.08.022
ISSN:
01681702
e-ISSN:
18727492
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Comoros
Madagascar
Mauritius