Brian R Amman, Alusine H Koroma, Amy J Schuh, Immah Conteh, Tara K Sealy, Ibrahim Foday, Jonathan Johnny, Ibrahim A Bakarr, Shannon L M Whitmer, Emily A Wright, Aiah A Gbakima, James Graziano, Camilla Bangura, Emmanuel Kamanda, Augustus Osborne, Emmanuel Saidu, Jonathan A Musa, Doris F Bangura, Sammuel M T Williams, George M Fefegula, Christian Sumaila, Juliet Jabaty, Fatmata H James, Amara Jambai, Kate Garnett, Thomas F Kamara, Jonathan S Towner, Aiah Lebbie
Sosuga virus (SOSV), a rare human pathogenic paramyxovirus, was first discovered in 2012 when a person became ill after working in South Sudan and Uganda. During an ecological investigation, several species of bats were sampled and tested for SOSV RNA and only one species, the Egyptian rousette bat (ERBs; Rousettus aegyptiacus ), tested positive. Since that time, multiple other species have been sampled and ERBs in Uganda have continued to be the only species of bat positive for SOSV infection. Subsequent studies of ERBs with SOSV demonstrated that ERBs are a competent host for SOSV and shed this infectious virus while exhibiting only minor infection-associated pathology...
April 22, 2024: Viruses