| Autor: |
Peel AJ; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK.; Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.; Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111 Australia., Baker KS; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK.; Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK.; Institute for Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK., Hayman DT; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK.; Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.; Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory, Hopkirk Research Institute, Massey University, Private Bag, 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand., Suu-Ire R; Wildlife Division, Ghana Forestry Commission, Accra, Ghana.; University of Ghana, Faculty of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, Box LG 571, Legon, Accra, Ghana., Breed AC; Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK., Gembu GC; Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, 4, Avenue Kithima, commune Makiso, BP 2012, Kisangani, République Démocratique du Congo., Lembo T; Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland., Fernández-Loras A; Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid 28006, Spain., Sargan DR; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK., Fooks AR; Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK., Cunningham AA; Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK., Wood JL; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK. |
| Abstrakt: |
Bats, including African straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum), have been highlighted as reservoirs of many recently emerged zoonotic viruses. This common, widespread and ecologically important species was the focus of longitudinal and continent-wide studies of the epidemiological and ecology of Lagos bat virus, henipaviruses and Achimota viruses. Here we present a spatial, morphological, demographic, genetic and serological dataset encompassing 2827 bats from nine countries over an 8-year period. Genetic data comprises cytochrome b mitochondrial sequences (n=608) and microsatellite genotypes from 18 loci (n=544). Tooth-cementum analyses (n=316) allowed derivation of rare age-specific serologic data for a lyssavirus, a henipavirus and two rubulaviruses. This dataset contributes a substantial volume of data on the ecology of E. helvum and its viruses and will be valuable for a wide range of studies, including viral transmission dynamic modelling in age-structured populations, investigation of seasonal reproductive asynchrony in wide-ranging species, ecological niche modelling, inference of island colonisation history, exploration of relationships between island and body size, and various spatial analyses of demographic, morphometric or serological data. |
