@article{fdi:010053909,
  title = {{I}s {M}arburg virus enzootic in {G}abon ?},
  author = {{M}aganga, {G}. {D}. and {B}ourgarel, {M}. and {E}lla, {G}. {E}. and {D}rexler, {J}. {F}. and {G}onzalez, {J}ean-{P}aul and {D}rosten, {C}. and {L}eroy, {E}ric},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}arburg virus ({MARV}) nucleic acid was detected in {R}ousettus aegyptiacus bats in 2005 and 2006 in the midwest and southeast of {G}abon. {I}n this study we used {MARV}-specific real-time reverse-transcription polyermase chain reaction ({RT}-{PCR}) and {MARV}-specific nested {RT}-{PCR} assay to screen 1257 bats caught during {J}uly 2009, {D}ecember 2009, and {J}une 2010 in 3 caves situated in northern {G}abon. {N}ine specimens tested positive by the real-time assay, with cycle threshold values ranging from 35 to 39, of which only 1 {R}. aegyptiacus specimen collected in 2009 was positive in the nested {VP}35 {RT}-{PCR} assay. {T}ogether with {MARV}-positive bats in the south and west found in 2005 and 2006, confirmation of phylogenetically closely related {MARV}-positive bats 5 years later and in northern {G}abon suggests that {MARV} is now enzootic in {G}abon and emphasizes the importance of long-term monitoring of bat populations and human-bat interfaces.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {I}nfectious {D}iseases},
  volume = {204},
  numero = {{S}uppl. 3},
  pages = {{S}800--{S}803},
  ISSN = {0022-1899},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1093/infdis/jir358},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053909},
}