Identification of GBV-D, a novel GB-like flavivirus from old world frugivorous bats (Pteropus giganteus) in Bangladesh.

Bats are reservoirs for a wide range of zoonotic agents including lyssa-, henipah-, SARS-like corona-, Marburg-, Ebola-, and astroviruses. In an effort to survey for the presence of other infectious agents, known and unknown, we screened sera from 16 Pteropus giganteus bats from Faridpur, Bangladesh...

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Main Authors: Jonathan H Epstein, Phenix-Lan Quan, Thomas Briese, Craig Street, Omar Jabado, Sean Conlan, Shahneaz Ali Khan, Dawn Verdugo, M Jahangir Hossain, Stephen K Hutchison, Michael Egholm, Stephen P Luby, Peter Daszak, W Ian Lipkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20617167/?tool=EBI