Novel paramyxoviruses in bats from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2007-2012

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Mortlock, Marinda
Kuzmin, Ivan V.
Weyer, Jacqueline
Gilbert, Amy T.
Agwanda, Bernard
Rupprecht, Charles Edward
Nel, Louis Hendrik
Kearney, Teresa
Malekani, Jean M.
Markotter, Wanda

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Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

As part of a larger survey for detection of pathogens among wildlife in sub-Saharan Africa conducted during 2007–2012, multiple diverse paramyxovirus sequences were detected in renal tissues of bats. Phylogenetic analysis supports the presence of at least 2 major viral lineages and suggests that paramyxoviruses are strongly associated with several bat genera.

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Sub-Saharan Africa, Bats, Detection of pathogens, Renal tissues, Phylogenetic analysis, Viral lineages, Paramyxoviruses

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Mortlock, M, Kuzmin, IV, Weyer, J, Gilbert, AT, Agwanda, B, Rupprecht, CE, Nel, LH, Kearney, T, Malekani, JM & Markotter, W 2015, 'Novel paramyxoviruses in bats from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2007-2012', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 1840-1843.