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.