Marburgvirus in Egyptian Fruit Bats, Zambia

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 25; no. 8; pp. 1577 - 1580
• Main Authors: Kajihara, Masahiro, Hang’ombe, Bernard M., Changula, Katendi, Harima, Hayato, Isono, Mao, Okuya, Kosuke, Yoshida, Reiko, Mori-Kajihara, Akina, Eto, Yoshiki, Orba, Yasuko, Ogawa, Hirohito, Qiu, Yongjin, Sawa, Hirofumi, Simulundu, Edgar, Mwizabi, Daniel, Munyeme, Musso, Squarre, David, Mukonka, Victor, Mweene, Aaron, Takada, Ayato
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.08.2019; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Bats (Animals); Chiroptera; Chiroptera - virology; Disease susceptibility; Dispatch; Ebola virus; Egyptian fruit bats; Filoviridae; Genes, Viral; Genomics; Hemorrhagic fevers; Humans; Marburg virus disease; Marburg Virus Disease - diagnosis; Marburg Virus Disease - epidemiology; Marburg Virus Disease - virology; Marburgvirus; Marburgvirus - classification; Marburgvirus - genetics; Marburgvirus - isolation & purification; Marburgvirus in Egyptian Fruit Bats, Zambia; Phylogeny; Prevalence; Primates; Public Health Surveillance; RNA, Viral; Zambia; Zambia - epidemiology; Zambia; South Africa; Japan; Egypt; viruses; Filoviridae; Marburgvirus; Egyptian fruit bats; Zambia; Chiroptera; Marburg virus disease
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2508.190268

We detected Marburg virus genome in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) captured in Zambia in September 2018. The virus was closely related phylogenetically to the viruses that previously caused Marburg outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This finding demonstrates that Zambia is at risk for Marburg virus disease.