Experimental infection of Artibeus lituratus bats and no detection of Zika virus in neotropical bats from French Guyana, Peru, and Costa Rica, suggest a limited role of bats in Zika transmission.
A. Aguilar-Setien, M. Salas-Rojas, G. Galvez-Romero, C. Almazan-Marin, A. Moreira-Soto, J. Alfonso-Toledo, C. Obregon-Morales, M. Garcia-Flores, A. Garcia-Baltazar, J. Serra-Cobo, M. Lopez-Roig, N. Reyes-Puma, M. Peniche-Ovares, M. Romero-Vega, D. F. Barrantes-Murillo, , F. Drexler
This study experimentally infected bats and tested wild populations for Zika virus, finding no evidence of viral replication or neutralizing antibodies, suggesting bats are not efficient reservoirs for ZIKV.
bioRxiv · Apr 25, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology