Novel Paramyxoviruses in Bats from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2007–2012

Authors

• Marinda Mortlock, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
• Ivan V. Kuzmin, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
• Jacqueline Weyer, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
• Amy T. Gilbert, US Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, ColoradoFollow
• Bernard Agwanda, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
• Charles E. Rupprecht, LYSSA LLC, Atlanta, GeorgiaFollow
• Louis H. Nel, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
• Teresa Kearney, Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria
• Jean M. Malekani, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Wanda Markotter, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2015

Citation

Emerging Infectious Diseases, www.cdc.gov/eid, Vol. 21, No. 10, October 2015

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.