| virological and serological findings in rousettus aegyptiacus experimentally inoculated with vero cells-adapted hogan strain of marburg virus. | the egyptian fruit bat, rousettus aegyptiacus, is currently regarded as a potential reservoir host for marburg virus (marv). however, the modes of transmission, the level of viral replication, tissue tropism and viral shedding pattern remains to be described. captive-bred r. aegyptiacus, including adult males, females and pups were exposed to marv by different inoculation routes. blood, tissues, feces and urine from 9 bats inoculated by combination of nasal and oral routes were all negative for ... | 2012 | 23029039 |