TY - JOUR AU - Fischer, Carlo AU - Pontier, Dominique AU - Filippi-Codaccioni, Ondine AU - Pons, Jean-Batiste AU - Postigo-Hidalgo, Ignacio AU - Duhayer, Jeanne AU - Brünink, Sebastian AU - Drexler, Jan Felix T1 - Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Complex Alphavirus in Bats, French Guiana T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 4 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Although essential for control strategies, knowledge about transmission cycles is limited for Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex alphaviruses (VEEVs). After testing 1,398 bats from French Guiana for alphaviruses, we identified and isolated a new strain of the encephalitogenic VEEV species Tonate virus (TONV). Bats may contribute to TONV spread in Latin America. KW - Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex alphavirus KW - Tonate virus KW - bats KW - viruses KW - French Guiana KW - meningitis/encephalitis DO - 10.3201/eid2704.202676 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/4/20-2676_article ER - End of Reference