Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Complex Alphavirus in Bats, French Guiana.

Autor: Fischer C, Pontier D, Filippi-Codaccioni O, Pons JB, Postigo-Hidalgo I, Duhayer J, Brünink S, Drexler JF
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2021 Apr; Vol. 27 (4).
DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.202676
Abstrakt: Although essential for control strategies, knowledge about transmission cycles is limited for Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex alphaviruses (VEEVs). After testing 1,398 bats from French Guiana for alphaviruses, we identified and isolated a new strain of the encephalitogenic VEEV species Tonate virus (TONV). Bats may contribute to TONV spread in Latin America.
Databáze: MEDLINE