Novel Paramyxoviruses in Bats from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2007–2012
- Marinda Mortlock
- Ivan V. Kuzmin
- Jacqueline Weyer
- Amy T. Gilbert
- Bernard Agwanda
- Charles E. Rupprecht
- Louis H. Nel
- Teresa Kearney
- Jean Malekani
- Wanda Markotter
Publication date
October 2015
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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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