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Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bats, Guinea

Lyudmila S Karan et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Sep.

Abstract

In 2018, a previously unknown Ebola virus, Bombali virus, was discovered in Sierra Leone. We describe detection of Bombali virus in Guinea. We found viral RNA in internal organs of 3 Angolan free-tailed bats (Mops condylurus) trapped in the city of N'Zerekore and in a nearby village.

Keywords: Angolan free-tailed bats; Bombali virus; Chaerephon pumilus; EBOV; EVD; Ebola; Filoviridae; Guinea; Liberia; Mops condylurus; Russia; viruses.

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