Characterization of a Novel Bat Adenovirus Isolated from Straw-Colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 9; no. 12; p. 371
• Main Authors: Ogawa, Hirohito, Kajihara, Masahiro, Nao, Naganori, Shigeno, Asako, Fujikura, Daisuke, Hang’ombe, Bernard, Mweene, Aaron, Mutemwa, Alisheke, Squarre, David, Yamada, Masao, Higashi, Hideaki, Sawa, Hirofumi, Takada, Ayato
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 04.12.2017; MDPI
• Subjects: adenovirus; Adenoviruses; bat; Cell culture; Cross-reactivity; DNA-directed DNA polymerase; Eidolon helvum; Genomes; Immunofluorescence; New species; Nucleotide sequence; Open reading frames; Phylogeny; Spleen; Straw; Tropism; Viruses; Zambia; Zambia; bat; Eidolon helvum; adenovirus

Bats are important reservoirs for emerging zoonotic viruses. For extensive surveys of potential pathogens in straw-colored fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) in Zambia, a total of 107 spleen samples of E. helvum in 2006 were inoculated onto Vero E6 cells. The cell culture inoculated with one of the samples...