Viruses, Vol. 16, Pages 648: Sosuga Virus Detected in Egyptian Rousette Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) in Sierra Leone

Viruses, Vol. 16, Pages 648: Sosuga Virus Detected in Egyptian Rousette Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) in Sierra Leone Viruses doi: 10.3390/v16040648 Authors: Brian R. Amman Alusine H. Koroma Amy J. Schuh Immah Conteh Tara K. Sealy Ibrahim Foday Jonathan Johnny Ibrahim A. Bakarr Shannon L. M. Whitmer Emily A. Wright Aiah A. Gbakima James Graziano Camilla Bangura Emmanuel Kamanda Augustus Osborne Emmanuel Saidu Jonathan A. Musa Doris F. Bangura Sammuel M. T. Williams George M. Fefegula Christian Sumaila Juliet Jabaty Fatmata H. James Amara Jambai Kate Garnett Thomas F. Kamara Jonathan S. Towner Aiah Lebbie Sosuga virus (SOSV), a rare human pathogenic paramyxovirus, was first discovered in 2012 when a person became ill after working in South Sudan and Uganda. During an ecological investigation, several species of bats were sampled and tested for SOSV RNA and only one species, the Egyptian rousette bat (ERBs; Rousettus aegyptiacus), tested positive. Since that time, multiple other species have been sampled and ERBs in Uganda have continued to be the only species of bat positive for SOSV infection. Subsequent studies of ERBs with SOSV demonstrated that ERBs are a competent host for SOSV and shed this infectious virus while exhibiting only minor infection-associated pathology. Following the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, surveillance efforts focused on discovering reservoirs for zoonotic pathogens resulted in the cap...
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