Antibodies against Lagos bat virus in megachiroptera from West Africa.
To investigate the presence of Lagos bat virus (LBV)-specific antibodies in megachiroptera from West Africa, we conducted fluorescent antibody virus neutralization tests. Neutralizing antibodies were detected in Eidolon helvum (37%), Epomophorus gambianus (3%), and Epomops buettikoferi (33%, 2/6) from Ghana. These findings confirm the presence of LBV in West Africa.
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
David T S
DT
Hayman
Anthony R
AR
Fooks
Daniel
D
Horton
Richard
R
Suu-Ire
Andrew C
AC
Breed
Andrew A
AA
Cunningham
James L N
JL
Wood
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology*; D005869:Ghana / Q000453:epidemiology; D018114:Lyssavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral