Detection of filovirus-reactive antibodies in Australian bat species

Fuente: Zenodo
Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Barr, Jennifer, Boyd, Victoria, Todd, Shawn, Smith, Ina, Prada, Diana, O'Dea, Mark, Jackson, Bethany, Pearce, Lesley, Adams, Timothy E., Vanderduys, Eric, Westcott, David, McKeown, Adam, Baker, Michelle L., Marsh, Glenn A.
Natura: Recurso digital
Pubblicazione: Zenodo 2022
Soggetti:
Accesso online:
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
_version_ 1866901720073764864
author Barr, Jennifer
Boyd, Victoria
Todd, Shawn
Smith, Ina
Prada, Diana
O'Dea, Mark
Jackson, Bethany
Pearce, Lesley
Adams, Timothy E.
Vanderduys, Eric
Westcott, David
McKeown, Adam
Baker, Michelle L.
Marsh, Glenn A.
author_facet Barr, Jennifer
Boyd, Victoria
Todd, Shawn
Smith, Ina
Prada, Diana
O'Dea, Mark
Jackson, Bethany
Pearce, Lesley
Adams, Timothy E.
Vanderduys, Eric
Westcott, David
McKeown, Adam
Baker, Michelle L.
Marsh, Glenn A.
contents (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats have been implicated as the reservoir hosts of filoviruses in Africa, with serological evidence of filoviruses in various bat species identified in other countries. Here, serum samples from 190 bats, comprising 12 different species, collected in Australia were evaluated for filovirus antibodies. An in-­house indirect microsphere assay to detect antibodies that cross-­react with Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus; EBOV) nucleoprotein (NP) followed by an immunofluorescence assay (IFA) were used to confirm immunoreactivity to EBOV and Reston virus (Reston ebolavirus; RESTV). We found 27 of 102 Yinpterochiroptera and 19 of 88 Yangochiroptera samples were positive to EBOV NP in the microsphere assay. Further testing of these NP positive samples by IFA revealed nine bat sera that showed binding to ebolavirus-­infected cells. This is the first report of filovirus-­reactive antibodies detected in Australian bat species and suggests that novel filoviruses may be circulating in Australian bats.
format Recurso digital
id zenodo_https___doi_org_10_5281_zenodo_13474818
institution Zenodo
language
publishDate 2022
publisher Zenodo
record_format zenodo
spellingShingle Detection of filovirus-reactive antibodies in Australian bat species
Barr, Jennifer
Boyd, Victoria
Todd, Shawn
Smith, Ina
Prada, Diana
O'Dea, Mark
Jackson, Bethany
Pearce, Lesley
Adams, Timothy E.
Vanderduys, Eric
Westcott, David
McKeown, Adam
Baker, Michelle L.
Marsh, Glenn A.
Biodiversity
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Chordata
Animalia
bats
bat
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats have been implicated as the reservoir hosts of filoviruses in Africa, with serological evidence of filoviruses in various bat species identified in other countries. Here, serum samples from 190 bats, comprising 12 different species, collected in Australia were evaluated for filovirus antibodies. An in-­house indirect microsphere assay to detect antibodies that cross-­react with Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus; EBOV) nucleoprotein (NP) followed by an immunofluorescence assay (IFA) were used to confirm immunoreactivity to EBOV and Reston virus (Reston ebolavirus; RESTV). We found 27 of 102 Yinpterochiroptera and 19 of 88 Yangochiroptera samples were positive to EBOV NP in the microsphere assay. Further testing of these NP positive samples by IFA revealed nine bat sera that showed binding to ebolavirus-­infected cells. This is the first report of filovirus-­reactive antibodies detected in Australian bat species and suggests that novel filoviruses may be circulating in Australian bats.
title Detection of filovirus-reactive antibodies in Australian bat species
topic Biodiversity
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Chordata
Animalia
bats
bat
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13474818