Open Access#12019
Marburgvirus in Egyptian Fruit Bats, Zambia
Kajihara, Masahiro; Hang'ombe, Bernard M; Changula, Katendi; Harima, Hayato; Isono, Mao; Okuya, Kosuke; Yoshida, Reiko; Mori-Kajihara, Akina
Kajihara, Masahiro; Hang'ombe, Bernard M; Changula, Katendi; Harima, Hayato; Isono, Mao; Okuya, Kosuke; Yoshida, Reiko; Mori-Kajihara, Akina; Eto, Yoshiki; Orba, Yasuko; Ogawa, Hirohito; Qiu, Yongjin; Sawa, Hirofumi; Simulundu, Edgar; Mwizabi, Daniel; Munyeme, Musso; Squarre, David; Mukonka, Victor; Mweene, Aaron; Takada, Ayato
We detected Marburg virus genome in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) captured in Zambia in September 2018. The virus was closely related phylogenetically to the viruses that previously caused Marburg outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This finding demonstrates that Zambia is at risk for Marburg virus disease.