Abstract
Filoviruses, amongst the most lethal of primate pathogens, have only been reported as natural infections in sub-Saharan Africa and the Philippines. Infections of bats with the ebolaviruses and marburgviruses do not appear to be associated with disease. Here we report identification in dead insectivorous bats of a genetically distinct filovirus, provisionally named Lloviu virus, after the site of detection, Cueva del Lloviu, in Spain.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Chiroptera / virology*
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DNA, Viral / analysis
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Disease Outbreaks
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Disease Reservoirs*
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Ebolavirus / genetics
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Ebolavirus / isolation & purification*
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Genome
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Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / pathology
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Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / veterinary*
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Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / virology
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Lung / pathology
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Lung / virology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Phylogeny
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Spain
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Spleen / pathology
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Spleen / virology