Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2020)

Range Expansion of Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bats, Kenya, 2019

  • Lauri Kareinen,
  • Joseph Ogola,
  • Ilkka Kivistö,
  • Teemu Smura,
  • Kirsi Aaltonen,
  • Anne J. Jääskeläinen,
  • Sospeter Kibiwot,
  • Moses M. Masika,
  • Philip Nyaga,
  • Dufton Mwaengo,
  • Omu Anzala,
  • Olli Vapalahti,
  • Paul W. Webala,
  • Kristian M. Forbes,
  • Tarja Sironen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.202925
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 12
pp. 3007 – 3010

Abstract

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Previously identified only in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and southeastern Kenya, Bombali virus–infected Mops condylurus bats were recently found »750 km away in western Kenya. This finding supports the role of M. condylurus bats as hosts and the potential for Bombali virus circulation across the bats’ range in sub-Saharan Africa.

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