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. 2020 Dec;26(12):3007-3010.
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.202925.

Range Expansion of Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bats, Kenya, 2019

Lauri Kareinen, Joseph Ogola, Ilkka Kivistö, Teemu Smura, Kirsi Aaltonen, Anne J Jääskeläinen, Sospeter Kibiwot, Moses M Masika, Philip Nyaga, Dufton Mwaengo, Omu Anzala, Olli Vapalahti, Paul W Webala, Kristian M Forbes, Tarja Sironen

Range Expansion of Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bats, Kenya, 2019

Lauri Kareinen et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Previously identified only in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and southeastern Kenya, Bombali virus-infected Mops condylurus bats were recently found »750 km away in western Kenya. This finding supports the role of M. condylurus bats as hosts and the potential for Bombali virus circulation across the bats' range in sub-Saharan Africa.

Keywords: Bombali ebolavirus; Bombali virus; Kenya; Mops condylurus; bats; filovirus; viruses.

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Figure 1
Known locations of bats infected with Bombali virus (BOMV) in Africa. The main map shows the 3 countries—Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Kenya (dark shading)—where BOMV-infected bats have been identified and the geographic range of Mops condylurus bats (light shading). The inset map shows the 2 sites in Kenya (red dots), »750 km apart, where BOMV-positive M. condylurus bats have been found.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Phylogenetic tree showing 3 new sequences of Bombali virus found in Kenya in 2019 in relation to those of other filoviruses. The tree was built by using the maximum-likelihood approach implemented in MEGA7 (7). Bootstrap support percentage is shown at the nodes. Scale bar indicates genetic distance. M.c., Mops condylurus.
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