Marburgvirus in Egyptian Fruit Bats, Zambia.

Masahiro Kajihara
Bernard M Hang'ombe
Katendi Changula
Hayato Harima
Mao Isono
Kosuke Okuya
Reiko Yoshida
Akina Mori-Kajihara
Yoshiki Eto
Yasuko Orba
Hirohito Ogawa
Yongjin Qiu
Hirofumi Sawa
Edgar Simulundu
Daniel Mwizabi
Musso Munyeme
David Squarre
Victor Mukonka
Aaron Mweene
Ayato Takada

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.

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10.3201/eid2508.190268

https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190268
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31146800
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649326