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Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022
Research Letter

Bombali Ebolavirus in Mops condylurus Bats (Molossidae), Mozambique

Camille LebarbenchonComments to Author , Steven M. Goodman, Axel O.G. Hoarau, Gildas Le Minter, Andréa Dos Santos, M. Corrie Schoeman, Christophe Léculier, Hervé Raoul, Eduardo S. Gudo, and Patrick MavinguiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical, University of Reunion, Inserm, CNRS, IRD, Saint-Denis, Reunion Island, France (C. Lebarbenchon, A.O.G. Hoarau, G. Le Minter, P. Mavingui); Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA S.M. Goodman); Association Vahatra, Antananarivo, Madagascar (S.M. Goodman); Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique (A. Dos Santos); University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa (M.C. Schoeman); Jean Mérieux Inserm P4 Laboratory, Lyon, France (C. Léculier, H. Raoul); National Institute of Health, Maputo, Mozambique (E.S. Gudo)

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Bombali virus detection in Angolan free-tailed bats (Mops condylurus). A) Geographic range highlighted in red. Information regarding the sex of positive M. condylurus bats in Guinea is not available (4). The map was generated with data available from Natural Earth (https://www.naturalearthdata.com) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Web site (https://www.iucnredlist.org). B) Maximum-likelihood tree based on partial nucleotide sequences (587 bp) of the large protein gene of selected filoviruses. Red indicates sequences generated in this study. The phylogenetic analysis was conducted with the transversion plus gamma evolutionary model (α = 0.32) and 1,000 bootstraps (Appendix). All but 1 of the Bombali virus were detected in Mops condylurus bats, with the exception of MF319186, which collected from a Chaerephon pumilus bat (1).

Figure. Bombali virus detection in Angolan free-tailed bats (Mops condylurus). A) Geographic range highlighted in red. Information regarding the sex of positive M. condylurus bats in Guinea is not available (4). The map was generated with data available from Natural Earth (https://www.naturalearthdata.com) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Web site (https://www.iucnredlist.org). B) Maximum-likelihood tree based on partial nucleotide sequences (587 bp) of the large protein gene of selected filoviruses. Red indicates sequences generated in this study. The phylogenetic analysis was conducted with the transversion plus gamma evolutionary model (α = 0.32) and 1,000 bootstraps (Appendix). All but 1 of the Bombali virus were detected in Mops condylurus bats, with the exception of MF319186, which collected from a Chaerephon pumilus bat (1).

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