Attenuated infection by a Pteropine orthoreovirus isolated from an Egyptian fruit bat in Zambia.

• Main Authors: Hayato Harima (Author), Michihito Sasaki (Author), Yasuko Orba (Author), Kosuke Okuya (Author), Yongjin Qiu (Author), Christida E Wastika (Author), Katendi Changula (Author), Masahiro Kajihara (Author), Edgar Simulundu (Author), Tomoyuki Yamaguchi (Author), Yoshiki Eto (Author), Akina Mori-Kajihara (Author), Akihiko Sato (Author), Satoshi Taniguchi (Author), Ayato Takada (Author), Masayuki Saijo (Author), Bernard M Hang'ombe (Author), Hirofumi Sawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV) is an emerging bat-borne zoonotic virus that causes severe respiratory illness in humans. Although PRVs have been identified in fruit bats and humans in Australia and Asia, little is known about the prevalence of PRV infection in Africa. T...