| Autor: |
Diego Cantoni, Martin Mayora-Neto, Mariliza Derveni, Kelly da Costa, Joanne Del Rosario, Veronica O. Ameh, Claude T. Sabeta, Bethany Auld, Arran Hamlet, Ian M. Jones, Edward Wright, Simon D. Scott, Efstathios S. Giotis, Ashley C. Banyard, Nigel Temperton |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 11 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2296-2565 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fpubh.2023.1283113 |
| Popis: |
IntroductionThe Eidolon helvum fruit bat is one of the most widely distributed fruit bats in Africa and known to be a reservoir for several pathogenic viruses that can cause disease in animals and humans. To assess the risk of zoonotic spillover, we conducted a serological survey of 304 serum samples from E. helvum bats that were captured for human consumption in Makurdi, Nigeria.MethodsUsing pseudotyped viruses, we screened 304 serum samples for neutralizing antibodies against viruses from the Coronaviridae, Filoviridae, Orthomyxoviridae and Paramyxoviridae families.ResultsWe report the presence of neutralizing antibodies against henipavirus lineage GH-M74a virus (odds ratio 6.23; p |
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