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Volume 21, Number 10—October 2015
Dispatch

Novel Paramyxoviruses in Bats from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2007–2012

Marinda Mortlock, Ivan V. Kuzmin, Jacqueline Weyer, Amy T. Gilbert, Bernard Agwanda, Charles E. Rupprecht, Louis H. Nel, Teresa Kearney, Jean Malekani, and Wanda MarkotterComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (M. Mortlock, J. Weyer, L.H. Nel, W. Markotter); University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA (I.V. Kuzmin); National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Sandringham, South Africa (J. Weyer); US Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (A.T. Gilbert); National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya (B. Agwanda); LYSSA LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.E. Rupprecht); The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (C.E. Rupprecht); Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria (T. Kearney); University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (J.M. Malekani)

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Table 2

Paramyxovirus incidence in selected bat species from various African countries*

Species Country Tissue type† No. sampled No. positive Incidence, % Reference
Coleura afra Ghana ‡ 71 0 0.0 (4)
Kenya Kidney 27 10 37.0 §
Central Africa¶
 Spleen
 25
 1
 4.0
 (4)
Eidolon helvum Cameroon Kidney 15 0 0.0 §
DRC Kidney 22 0 0.0 §
Ghana All solid organs, blood 673 67 10.0 (4)
Kenya Kidney 15 0 0.0 §
Central Africa Spleen 49 17 34.5 (4)
Nigeria Kidney 20 0 0.0 §
Republic of Congo
 All solid organs, blood, salivary gland, throat swab, feces, urine
 42
 11
 26.2
 (9)
Epomophorus gambianus Central Africa Spleen 48 3 6.3 (4)
South Africa Kidney 2 0 0.0 §
Ghana
 ‡
 20
 1
 5.0
 (4)
Hipposideros caffer Central Africa Spleen 337 3 0.9 (4)
South Africa Kidney 6 2 33.3 §
DRC
 Kidney
 2
 0
 0.0
 §
Hipposideros gigas Gabon Spleen 196 3 1.5 (4)
DRC
 Kidney
 2
 0
 0.0
 §
Hypsignathus monstrosus Central Africa Spleen 53 4 7.5 (4)
DRC
 Kidney
 10
 0
 0.0
 §
Megaloglossus woermanni Central Africa Spleen 34 1 2.9 (4)
DRC
 Kidney
 8
 0
 0.0
 §
Myonycteris torquata Central Africa Spleen 111 3 2.7 (4)
Ghana
 ‡
 1
 0
 0.0
 (4)
Rhinolophus landeri Kenya Kidney 12 0 0.0 §
South Africa Kidney 1 1 100.0 §
Ghana
 ‡
 30
 0
 0.0
 (4)
Rousettus aegyptiacus Kenya Kidney 84 2 2.4 §
Central Africa Spleen 183 18 9.8 (4)
Nigeria Kidney 21 0 0.0 §
South Africa Kidney 18 0 0.0 §

*DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
†Tissue type stated for positive samples only and may not indicate all tissues sampled.
‡Information not available.
§Species and countries sampled during this study.
¶Central Africa refers to Gabon/Republic of Congo/DRC/Republic of Central Africa.

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