TY - JOUR AU - Olival, Kevin AU - Islam, Ariful AU - Yu, Meng AU - Anthony, Simon AU - Epstein, Jonathan AU - Khan, Shahneaz Ali AU - Khan, Salah Uddin AU - Crameri, Gary AU - Wang, Lin-Fa AU - Lipkin, W. Ian AU - Luby, Stephen AU - Daszak, Peter T1 - Ebola Virus Antibodies in Fruit Bats, Bangladesh T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 2 SP - 270 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine geographic range for Ebola virus, we tested 276 bats in Bangladesh. Five (3.5%) bats were positive for antibodies against Ebola Zaire and Reston viruses; no virus was detected by PCR. These bats might be a reservoir for Ebola or Ebola-like viruses, and extend the range of filoviruses to mainland Asia. KW - bats KW - fruit bats KW - Chiroptera KW - Ebola virus KW - filovirus KW - viruses KW - Rousettus leschenaultia KW - natural reservoir KW - serology KW - zoonoses KW - Bangladesh KW - Rousettus leschenaultii DO - 10.3201/eid1902.120524 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/2/12-0524_article ER - End of Reference