title: Genetically Diverse Filoviruses in Rousettus and Eonycteris spp. Bats, China, 2009 and 2015.
abstract: Genetically divergent filoviruses detected in Rousettus and Eonycteris spp. bats in China exhibited 61%-99% nt identity with reported filoviruses, based on partial replicase sequences, and they demonstrated lung tropism. Co-infection with 4 different filoviruses was found in 1 bat. These results demonstrate that fruit bats are key reservoirs of filoviruses.
authors.forename: Xing-Lou
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yun-Zhi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ren-Di
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bei
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Waruhiu
authors.forename: Ji-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shi-Yue
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daszak
authors.forename: Lin-Fa
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zheng-Li
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D016563:Filoviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018702:Filoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans
keywords: China; Eonycteris spp.; Filoviridae; Rousettus spp.; Yunnan Province; filoviruses; fruit bats; genetic diversity; lung tropism; natural reservoirs; reservoir; viruses; zoonoses