Browsing Research Articles (Medical Virology) by Subject "Fruit bats"

Browsing Research Articles (Medical Virology) by Subject "Fruit bats"

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  • Marburg virus infection in Egyptian rousette bats, South Africa, 2013-2014 
    Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Jansen van Vuren, Petrus; Kemp, Alan; Storm, Nadia; Grobbelaar, Antoinette A.; Wiley, Michael R.; Palacios, Gustavo; Markotter, Wanda (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018)
    We detected a high seroprevalence of Marburg virus (MARV) antibodies in fruit bats in South Africa; 19.1% of recaptured bats seroconverted. The MARV RNA isolated closely resembled the 1975 Ozolin strain. These findings ...
  • Synchronized shift of oral, faecal and urinary microbiotas in bats and natural infection dynamics during seasonal reproduction 
    Dietrich, Muriel; Kearney, Teresa; Seamark, E.C.J. (Ernest); Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Markotter, Wanda (Royal Society Publishing, 2018)
    Seasonal reproduction is a period of extreme physiological and behavioural changes, yet we know little about how it may affect host microbial communities (i.e. microbiota) and pathogen transmission. Here, we investigated ...