Isolation and molecular characterization of Fikirini rhabdovirus, a novel virus from a Kenyan bat

Authors

Rebekah C. Kading, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFollow
Amy T. Gilbert, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFollow
Eric C. Mossel, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFollow
Mary B. Crabtree, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFollow
Ivan V. Kuzmin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Michael Niezgoda, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bernard Agwanda, National Museums of Kenya
Wanda Markotter, University of Pretoria
M. Ryan Weil, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Joel M. Montgomery, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Charles E. Rupprecht, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFollow
Barry R. Miller, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2013

Citation

Kading, R.C., A.T. Gilbert, E.C. Mossel, M.B. Crabtree, I.V. Kuzmin, M. Niezgoda, B. Agwanda, W. Markotter, M.R. Weil, J.M. Montgomery, C.E. Rupprecht, and B.R. Miller. 2013. Isolation and molecular characterization of Fikirini rhabdovirus, a novel virus from a Kenyan bat. Journal of General Virology 94:2393-2398. doi 10.1099/vir.0.053983-0.

Comments

U.S. government work.

Abstract

Zoonotic and vector-borne pathogens have comprised a significant component of emerging human infections in recent decades, and bats are increasingly recognized as reservoirs for many of these disease agents. To identify novel pathogens associated with bats, we screened tissues of bats collected in Kenya. Virus isolates were identified by next generation sequencing of viral nucleic acid preparations from the infected cell culture supernatant and characterized. Here we report the identification of Fikirini rhabdovirus, a novel rhabdovirus isolated from a bat, Hipposideros vittatus, captured along the Kenyan coast.