Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2019)

Bat Influenza A(HL18NL11) Virus in Fruit Bats, Brazil

  • Angélica Cristine Almeida Campos,
  • Luiz Gustavo Bentim Góes,
  • Andres Moreira-Soto,
  • Cristiano de Carvalho,
  • Guilherme Ambar,
  • Anna-Lena Sander,
  • Carlo Fischer,
  • Adriana Ruckert da Rosa,
  • Debora Cardoso de Oliveira,
  • Ana Paula G. Kataoka,
  • Wagner André Pedro,
  • Luzia Fátima A. Martorelli,
  • Luzia Helena Queiroz,
  • Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto,
  • Edison Luiz Durigon,
  • Jan Felix Drexler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.181246
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 2
pp. 333 – 337

Abstract

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Screening of 533 bats for influenza A viruses showed subtype HL18NL11 in intestines of 2 great fruit-eating bats (Artibeus lituratus). High concentrations suggested fecal shedding. Genomic characterizations revealed conservation of viral genes across different host species, countries, and sampling years, suggesting a conserved cellular receptor and wide-ranging occurrence of bat influenza A viruses.

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