Bombali ebolavirus
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota
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| Class: | Monjiviricetes |
| Order: | Mononegavirales |
| Family: | Filoviridae |
| Genus: | Ebolavirus |
| Species: | Bombali ebolavirus
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Bombali ebolavirus or Bombali virus (BOMV)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]
In 2019, the virus was demonstrated in Angolan free-tailed bats in southeast
The team reporting the virus also published its full genome sequence (NC_039345).[10]
See also
References
- ^ "Genus: Ebolavirus". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
Related, unclassified viruses Bombali virus MF319185 BOMV (Goldstein et al., 2018)
[dead link] - ^ "Ministry of Health Sierra Leone" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "New Ebola species is reported for first time in a decade - STAT". statnews.com. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "New Ebola virus strain found in Sierra Leone". reliefweb.int. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ Rosenbaum, Leah (27 July 2018). "A new Ebola species has been found in bats in Sierra Leone". sciencenews.org. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- PMID 31002301.
- PMID 31310231.
- ^ "New Ebola virus found in Sierra Leone, govt says". punchng.com. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Scientists in West Africa are warning that a new strain of Ebola could infect humans". newsweek.com. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- 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. PMID 31002301.
External links
- "Ministry of Health Sierra Leone". Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2018.