title: Identification of novel paramyxoviruses in insectivorous bats of the Southwest Indian Ocean.
abstract: Bats are reservoirs for many emerging zoonotic viruses. In this study, we screened 197 animals from 15 different bat species of the Southwest Indian Ocean for paramyxovirus infection and identified paramyxoviruses in five insectivorous bat-species from the Union of the Comoros (3/66), Mauritius (1/55) and Madagascar (4/76). Viral isolation was possible via cell culture and phylogenetic analysis revealed these viruses clustered in a Morbillivirus-related lineage, with relatively high nucleotide sequence similarity to other recently discovered insectivorous-bat paramyxoviruses but distinct from those known to circulate in frugivorous bats.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies émergentes dans l'Océan Indien (CRVOI), Plateforme de Recherche CYROI, 2 rue Maxime Rivière, 97490 Sainte Clotilde, Reunion. david.wilkinson@univ-reunion.fr
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Temmam
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lebarbenchon
authors.forename: Erwan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lagadec
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chotte
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guillebaud
authors.forename: Beza
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramasindrazana
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Héraud
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: de Lamballerie
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Koussay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dellagi
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pascalis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; D019156:Indian Ocean; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D018098:Paramyxovirinae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D014709:Vero Cells; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014771:Virion / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: C431770:L protein, paramyxoviridae; D014764:Viral Proteins