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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Towner JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2713404 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PLoS pathogens 20090731 7
In July and September 2007, miners working in Kitaka Cave, Uganda, were diagnosed with Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The likely source of infection in the cave was Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) based on detection of Marburg virus RNA in 31/611 (5.1%) bats, virus-specific antibody in bat sera, and isolation of genetically diverse virus from bat tissues. The virus isolates were collected nine months apart, demonstrating long-term virus circulation. The bat colony was estimated to be ove ...[more]