Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2022)

Bombali Ebolavirus in Mops condylurus Bats (Molossidae), Mozambique

  • Camille Lebarbenchon,
  • Steven M. Goodman,
  • Axel O.G. Hoarau,
  • Gildas Le Minter,
  • Andréa Dos Santos,
  • M. Corrie Schoeman,
  • Christophe Léculier,
  • Hervé Raoul,
  • Eduardo S. Gudo,
  • Patrick Mavingui

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.220853
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 12
pp. 2583 – 2585

Abstract

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We detected Bombali ebolavirus RNA in 3 free-tailed bats (Mops condylurus, Molossidae) in Mozambique. Sequencing of the large protein gene revealed 98% identity with viruses previously detected in Sierra Leone, Kenya, and Guinea. Our findings further support the suspected role of Mops condylurus bats in maintaining Bombali ebolavirus.

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