Bombali_ebolavirus

<i>Bombali ebolavirus</i>

Bombali ebolavirus

Species of virus

Bombali ebolavirus or Bombali virus (BOMV)[1] is a species of the genus Ebolavirus, first reported on 27 July 2018.[2] It was discovered and sequenced by a PREDICT research team from the U.S. in the Bombali area in the north of Sierra Leone, west Africa.[3][4] The virus was found in the Angolan free-tailed bat and the Little free-tailed bat.[5]

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In 2019, the virus was demonstrated in Angolan free-tailed bats in southeast Kenya and southeast Guinea.[6][7] Bombali ebolavirus has the capacity to infect human cells, although it has not yet been shown to be pathogenic.[8][9]

The team reporting the virus also published its full genome sequence (NC_039345).[10]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Genus: Ebolavirus". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 15 October 2019. Related, unclassified viruses Bombali virus MF319185 BOMV (Goldstein et al., 2018)[dead link]
  2. [2]
    "Ministry of Health Sierra Leone" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. [3]
    "New Ebola species is reported for first time in a decade - STAT". statnews.com. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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    "New Ebola virus strain found in Sierra Leone". reliefweb.int. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. [5]
    Rosenbaum, Leah (27 July 2018). "A new Ebola species has been found in bats in Sierra Leone". sciencenews.org. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  6. [6]
    Kristian M. Forbes; Paul W. Webala; Anne J. Jääskeläinen; et al. (2019). "Bombali Ebola Virus in Mops condylurus Bat, Kenya". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 25 (5): 955–957. doi:10.3201/eid2505.181666. PMC 6478230. PMID 31002301.
  7. [7]
    Lyudmila S. Karan; Marat T. Makenov; Mikhail G. Korneev; et al. (2019). "Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bats, Guinea". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 25 (9): 1774–1775. doi:10.3201/eid2509.190581. PMC 6711222. PMID 31310231.
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    "New Ebola virus found in Sierra Leone, govt says". punchng.com. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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    "Scientists in West Africa are warning that a new strain of Ebola could infect humans". newsweek.com. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  10. [10]
    Goldstein, T; Anthony, SJ; Gbakima, A; Bird, BH; Bangura, J; Tremeau-Bravard, A; Belaganahalli, MN; Wells, HL; Dhanota, JK; Liang, E; Grodus, M; Jangra, RK; DeJesus, VA; Lasso, G; Smith, BR; Jambai, A; Kamara, BO; Kamara, S; Bangura, W; Monagin, C; Shapira, S; Johnson, CK; Saylors, K; Rubin, EM; Chandran, K; Lipkin, WI; Mazet, JAK (October 2018). "The discovery of Bombali virus adds further support for bats as hosts of ebolaviruses". Nature Microbiology. 3 (10): 1084–1089. doi:10.1038/s41564-018-0227-2. PMC 6557442. PMID 30150734. Phylogenetic analyses showed that BOMV is sufficiently distinct to represent the prototypic strain of a new species within the Ebolavirus genus

Further reading

  • Forbes, Kristian M.; Webala, Paul W.; Jääskeläinen, Anne J.; Abdurahman, Samir; Ogola, Joseph; Masika, Moses M.; Kivistö, Ilkka; Alburkat, Hussein; Plyusnin, Ilya; Levanov, Lev; Korhonen, Essi M.; Huhtamo, Eili; Mwaengo, Dufton; Smura, Teemu; Mirazimi, Ali; Anzala, Omu; Vapalahti, Olli; Sironen, Tarja (May 2019). "Bombali Ebola Virus in Bat, Kenya". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 25 (5): 955–957. doi:10.3201/eid2505.181666. PMC 6478230. PMID 31002301.
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