| isolation of a novel fusogenic orthoreovirus from eucampsipoda africana bat flies in south africa. | we report on the isolation of a novel fusogenic orthoreovirus from bat flies (eucampsipoda africana) associated with egyptian fruit bats (rousettus aegyptiacus) collected in south africa. complete sequences of the ten dsrna genome segments of the virus, tentatively named mahlapitsi virus (mahlv), were determined. phylogenetic analysis places this virus into a distinct clade with baboon orthoreovirus, bush viper reovirus and the bat-associated broome virus. all genome segments of mahlv contain a ... | 2016 | 27011199 |
| bat flies (diptera: nycteribiidae and streblidae) infesting cave-dwelling bats in gabon: diversity, dynamics and potential role in polychromophilus melanipherus transmission. | evidence of haemosporidian infections in bats and bat flies has motivated a growing interest in characterizing their transmission cycles. in gabon (central africa), many caves house massive colonies of bats that are known hosts of polychromophilus dionisi parasites, presumably transmitted by blood-sucking bat flies. however, the role of bat flies in bat malaria transmission remains under-documented. | 2016 | 27286888 |
| isolation of a novel orthobunyavirus from bat flies (eucampsipoda africana). | the bunyaviridae family comprises viruses causing diseases of public and veterinary health importance, including viral haemorrhagic and arboviral fevers. we report the isolation, identification and genome characterization of a novel orthobunyavirus, named wolkberg virus (wbv), from wingless bat fly ectoparasites (eucampsipoda africana) of egyptian fruit bats (rousettus aegyptiacus) in south africa. complete genome sequence data of wbv suggests it is most closely related to two bat viruses (mojuí ... | 2017 | 28488954 |