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Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
Research

Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015–2017

Helene M. De Nys1, Placide Mbala Kingebeni1, Alpha K. Keita1, Christelle Butel, Guillaume Thaurignac, Christian-Julian Villabona-Arenas, Thomas Lemarcis, Mare Geraerts, Nicole Vidal, Amandine Esteban, Mathieu Bourgarel, François Roger, Fabian Leendertz, Ramadan Diallo, Simon-Pierre Ndimbo-Kumugo, Justus Nsio-Mbeta, Nikki Tagg, Lamine Koivogui, Abdoulaye Toure, Eric Delaporte, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole, Ahidjo Ayouba2, and Martine Peeters2Comments to Author 

Author affiliations: TransVIHMI of Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France (H.M. De Nys, P. Mbala Kingebeni, A.K. Keita, C. Butel, G. Thaurignac, C.-J. Villabona-Arenas, T. Lemarcis, M. Geraerts, N. Vidal, A. Esteban, A. Toure, E. Delaporte, A. Ayouba, M. Peeters); National Institute of Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (P. Mbala Kingebeni, S.-P. Ndimbo-Kumugo, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, J.-J. Muyembe Tamfum); Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, Kinshasa (P. Mbala Kingebeni, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, J.-J. Muyembe Tamfum); Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Infectiologie de Guinée, Conakry, Guinea (A.K. Keita, A. Toure); ASTRE of Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, Institut national de la Recherche Agronomique and Univerisity of Montpellier, Montpellier (M. Bourgarel, F. Roger); Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany (F. Leendertz); Ministère de l’Elevage et des Productions Animales, Conakry (R. Diallo); Direction de Lutte contre la Maladie, Kinshasa (J. Nsio-Mbeta); Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (N. Tagg); Université de Conakry, Conakry (L. Koivogui); Institut National de Sante Publique, Conakry (A. Toure); Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Études des Plantes Médicinales, Yaoundé, Cameroon (E. Mpoudi-Ngole); Cameroon Institut de Recherche pout le Développement, Yaoundé (E. Mpoudi-Ngole)

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Table 2

Bat species sampled for Ebola virus serology, Guinea, Cameroon, and the DRC, 2015–2017*

Family Species DRC, no. Cameroon, no. Guinea, no. Total, no.
Emballonuridae
 Coleura afra
 0
 5
 0
 5
Hipposideridae Hipposideros abae 0 0 37 37
H. beatus 0 4 0 4
H. cyclops 0 14 0 14
H. fuliginosus 0 2 0 2
H. gigas 2 9 2 13
H. jonesi 0 1 12 13
H. ruber/caffer 127 807 237 1,171
Hipposideros sp. 28 0 0 28
Subtotal
157
 837
 288
 1,282
Miniopteridae
 Miniopterus sp.
 205
 0
 27
 232
Molossidae Chaerephon sp. 0 0 44 44
Mops condylurus 0 0 110 110
Mops sp. 0 256 0 256
Mops/Chaerephon sp. 0 8 120 128
Subtotal
0
 264
 274
 538
Nycteridae
Nycteris sp.
 0
 7
 15
 22
Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus alcyone 0 16 0 16
R. darlingii 3 0 0 3
R. fumigatus 0 0 19 19
R. landeri 0 0 6 6
Rhinolophus sp. 3 38 1 42
Subtotal
6
 54
 26
 86
Vespertilionidae Glauconycteris variegata 0 3 0 3
Kerivoula sp. 0 1 0 1
Myotis bocagii 0 3 0 3
Neoromicia sp. 0 5 0 5
Scotophilus leucogaster 0 0 15 15
S. nigrita 0 0 1 1
S. nux 0 6 0 6
Subtotal
0
 18
 16
 34
Pteropodidae Eidolon helvum 305 158 17 480
Epomophorus gambianus 0 0 191 191
Epomophorus wahlbergi 0 16 0 16
Epomops buettikoferi 0 0 4 4
Epomops franqueti 20 256 0 276
Hypsignathus monstrosus 1 176 8 185
Lissonycteris angolensis 22 30 32 84
Megaloglossus woermanni 1 19 0 20
Micropteropus pusillus 44 2 18 64
Myonycteris torquata 35 21 0 56
Rousettus aegyptiacus 0 131 228 359
Scotonycteris zenkeri 0 1 0 1
Subtotal
428
 810
 498
 1,736
Inderminate species
34
 23
 30
 87
Total 830 2,018 1,174 4,022

*DRC, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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