TY  - JOUR
T1  - Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Rpublic of the Congo, 2015-2017
AU  - de Nys, Helene M.
AU  - Kingebeni, Placide Mbala
AU  - Keita, Alpha K.
AU  - Butel, Christelle
AU  - Thaurignac, Guillaume
AU  - Villaboona-Arenas, Christian-Julian
AU  - Lemarcis, Thomas
AU  - Geraerts, Mare
AU  - Vidal, Nicole
AU  - Esteban, Amadine
AU  - Bourgarel, Mathieu
AU  - Roger, François
AU  - Leendertz, Fabian
AU  - Diallo, Ramadan
AU  - Ndimbo-Kumugo, Simon-Pierre
AU  - Nsio-Mbeta, Justus
AU  - Tagg, Nikki
AU  - Koivogui, Lamine
AU  - Toure, Abdoulaye
AU  - Delaporte, Eric
AU  - Ahuka-Mundeke, Steve
AU  - Tamfum, Jean-Jaques Muyembe
AU  - Mpoudi-Ngole, Eitel
AU  - Ayouba, Ahidjo
AU  - Peeters, Martine
AB  - To clarify the role of bats in the ecology of Ebola viruses, we assessed the prevalence of Ebola virus antibodies in a large-scale sample of bats collected during 2015–2017 from countries in Africa that have had previous Ebola outbreaks (Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo) or are at high risk for outbreaks (Cameroon). We analyzed 4,022 blood samples of bats from >12 frugivorous and 27 insectivorous species; 2–37 (0.05%–0.92%) bats were seropositive for Zaire and 0–30 (0%–0.75%) bats for Sudan Ebola viruses. We observed Ebola virus antibodies in 1 insectivorous bat genus and 6 frugivorous bat species. Certain bat species widespread across Africa had serologic evidence of Zaire and Sudan Ebola viruses. No viral RNA was detected in the subset of samples tested (n = 665). Ongoing surveillance of bats and other potential animal reservoirs are required to predict and prepare for future outbreaks.
KW  - 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
PY  - 2018
LA  - eng
PB  - Robert Koch-Institut
JO  - Emerging Infectious Diseases
VL  - 24
IS  - 12
DO  - 10.3201/eid2412.180740
ER  -