Bombali ebolavirus

Bombali ebolavirus or Bombali virus (BOMV)[1] is a species of the genus Ebolavirus, first reported on 27 July 2018.[2] It was discovered and sequenced by a PREDICT research team from the U.S. in the Bombali area in the north of Sierra Leone, west Africa.[3][4] The virus was found in the Angolan free-tailed bat and the Little free-tailed bat.[5]

Bombali ebolavirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Monjiviricetes
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Filoviridae
Genus: Ebolavirus
Species:
Bombali ebolavirus
Synonyms
  • Bombali virus

In 2019, the virus was demonstrated in Angolan free-tailed bats in southeast Kenya and southeast Guinea.[6][7] Bombali ebolavirus has the capacity to infect human cells, although it has not yet been shown to be pathogenic.[8][9]

The team reporting the virus also published its full genome sequence (NC_039345).[10]

See also

References
  1. "Genus: Ebolavirus" (html). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 15 October 2019. Related, unclassified viruses Bombali virus MF319185 BOMV (Goldstein et al., 2018)
  2. "Ministry of Health Sierra Leone" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. "New Ebola species is reported for first time in a decade - STAT". statnews.com. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. "New Ebola virus strain found in Sierra Leone". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. Rosenbaum, Leah (27 July 2018). "A new Ebola species has been found in bats in Sierra Leone". sciencenews.org. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  6. Kristian M. Forbes; Paul W. Webala; Anne J. Jääskeläinen; et al. (2019). "Bombali Ebola Virus in Mops condylurus Bat, Kenya". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 25 (5): 955–957. doi:10.3201/eid2505.181666. PMC 6478230. PMID 31002301.
  7. Lyudmila S. Karan; Marat T. Makenov; Mikhail G. Korneev; et al. (2019). "Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bats, Guinea". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 25 (9). doi:10.3201/eid2509.190581. PMC 6711222. PMID 31310231.
  8. "New Ebola virus found in Sierra Leone, govt says". punchng.com. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  9. "Scientists in West Africa are warning that a new strain of Ebola could infect humans". newsweek.com. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  10. Goldstein, T; Anthony, SJ; Gbakima, A; Bird, BH; Bangura, J; Tremeau-Bravard, A; Belaganahalli, MN; Wells, HL; Dhanota, JK; Liang, E; Grodus, M; Jangra, RK; DeJesus, VA; Lasso, G; Smith, BR; Jambai, A; Kamara, BO; Kamara, S; Bangura, W; Monagin, C; Shapira, S; Johnson, CK; Saylors, K; Rubin, EM; Chandran, K; Lipkin, WI; Mazet, JAK (October 2018). "The discovery of Bombali virus adds further support for bats as hosts of ebolaviruses". Nature Microbiology. 3 (10): 1084–1089. doi:10.1038/s41564-018-0227-2. PMC 6557442. PMID 30150734. Phylogenetic analyses showed that BOMV is sufficiently distinct to represent the prototypic strain of a new species within the Ebolavirus genus

Further reading
  • Forbes, Kristian M.; Webala, Paul W.; Jääskeläinen, Anne J.; Abdurahman, Samir; Ogola, Joseph; Masika, Moses M.; Kivistö, Ilkka; Alburkat, Hussein; Plyusnin, Ilya; Levanov, Lev; Korhonen, Essi M.; Huhtamo, Eili; Mwaengo, Dufton; Smura, Teemu; Mirazimi, Ali; Anzala, Omu; Vapalahti, Olli; Sironen, Tarja (May 2019). "Bombali Ebola Virus in Bat, Kenya". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 25 (5): 955–957. doi:10.3201/eid2505.181666. PMC 6478230. PMID 31002301.
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