@article{fdi:010063660,
  title = {{I}dentification of an unclassified {P}aramyxovirus in {C}oleura afra : a potential case of host specificity},
  author = {{M}aganga, {G}. {D}. and {B}ourgarel, {M}. and {N}koghe, {J}. {O}. and {N}'{D}ilimabaka, {N}. and {D}rosten, {C}. and {P}aupy, {C}hristophe and {M}orand, {S}. and {D}rexler, {J}. {F}. and {L}eroy, {E}ric},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ats are known to harbor multiple paramyxoviruses. {D}espite the creation of two new genera, {A}quaparamyxovirus and {F}erlavirus, to accommodate this increasing diversity, several recently isolated or characterized viruses remain unclassified beyond the subfamily level. {I}n the present study, among 985 bats belonging to 6 species sampled in the {B}elinga caves of {G}abon, {RNA} of an unclassified paramyxovirus ({B}elinga bat virus, {B}el{PV}) was discovered in 14 {A}frican sheathtailed bats ({C}oleura afra), one of which exhibited several hemorrhagic lesions at necropsy, and viral sequence was obtained in two animals. {P}hylogenetically, {B}el{PV} is related to {J} virus and {B}eilong virus ({B}ei{PV}), two other unclassified paramyxoviruses isolated from rodents. {I}n the diseased {B}el{PV}-infected {C}. afra individual, high viral load was detected in the heart, and the lesions were consistent with those reported in wild rodents and mice experimentally infected by {J} virus. {B}el{PV} was not detected in other tested bat species sharing the same roosting sites and living in very close proximity with {C}. afra in the two caves sampled, suggesting that this virus may be host-specific for {C}. afra. {T}he mode of transmission of this paramyxovirus in bat populations remains to be discovered.},
  keywords = {{GABON}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {O}ne},
  volume = {9},
  numero = {12},
  pages = {e115588 [13 ]},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0115588},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063660},
}