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Article: Isolation of novel adenovirus from fruit bat (Pteropus dasymallus yayeyamae).(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
- Author:
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To the Editor: Bats are thought to be one of the most important reservoirs for viruses such as Nipah virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus, and Ebola virus (1). These pathogens became known after extensive surveys of bats following outbreaks. As a first step in investigating unidentified pathogens in bats and to help forecast the potential threat of emerging infectious diseases, we tried to isolate and characterize viruses that persistently infect bats. In the process, we isolated a novel adenovirus from a fruit bat in Japan.
Pteropus dasymallus yayeyamae, or Ryukyu flying fox, is a fruit bat of Japan. With the permission of the governor of ...