2014
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12131
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No Virological Evidence for an Influenza A ‐ like Virus in European Bats

Abstract: Summary New members of the influenza A virus genus have been detected recently in bats from South America. By molecular investigations, using a generic real-time RT-PCR (RT-qPCR) that detects all previously known influenza A virus subtypes (H1–H16) and a newly developed RT-qPCR specific for the South American bat influenza-like virus of subtype H17 a total of 1571 samples obtained from 1369 individual bats of 26 species from Central Europe were examined. No evidence for the occurrence of such influenza viruses… Show more

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“…However, we studied a not closely related bat species from a different continent, and found about 30% antibody detection rate against HA-type H9. Sonntag et al [14] and Fereidouni et al [15] screened Central European bats for genomic traces of influenza virus using generic RT-PCR assays but found no such evidence. For the Central and South American bats influenza virus RNA was detected in a low percentage (0.9%) of the Guatemalan (3/316) and Peruvian (1/110) bats by pan-influenza conventional RT-PCR [2,3].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, we studied a not closely related bat species from a different continent, and found about 30% antibody detection rate against HA-type H9. Sonntag et al [14] and Fereidouni et al [15] screened Central European bats for genomic traces of influenza virus using generic RT-PCR assays but found no such evidence. For the Central and South American bats influenza virus RNA was detected in a low percentage (0.9%) of the Guatemalan (3/316) and Peruvian (1/110) bats by pan-influenza conventional RT-PCR [2,3].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many factors, such as their gregarious way of life, can facilitate pathogen transmission to other bats and virus persistence in the population. In European bats, only few zoonotic viruses have been discovered [18,33,34] and the overall hazard for humans is comparably low [18]. As some bats take roosts in barns and stables [20] and bat carcasses are found in close proximity to agriculture [35], a risk of sporadic transmission events to livestock animals can be assumed if viruses can be detected.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, it also remains unclear whether bat influenza A-like HL17NL10 and HL18NL11 viruses can be found outside of Central and South America. Based on a reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) screen that allows detection of HL17NL10 only, central European bats seem to be free of this influenza A-like virus subtype [ 12 ]. Although classical IAVs can be isolated from bats in rare cases and antibodies against IAVs were also detected in bats [ 13 ], there is no evidence for the infection of New World bats with classical IAVs of the H1 and H5 subtype [ 3 ].…”
Section: Are Bats a Reservoir For Bat Influenza A-like Viruses And CLmentioning
confidence: 99%