Large circulation of a novel vesiculovirus in bats in the Mediterranean region
Dongsheng Luo, Markéta Harazim, Corinne Maufrais, Simon Bonas, Natália Martínková, Aude Lalis, Emmanuel Rivalyn Nakouné, Edgard Valery Adjogoua, Mory Douno, Blaise Kadjo, Marc López‐Roig, Jiří Pikula, Zheng‐Li Shi, Hervé Bourhy, Jordi Serra Cobo, Laurent Dacheux
The paper identifies a novel vesiculovirus, Mediterranean bat virus (MBV), circulating in bats across the Mediterranean region using a new RT-qPCR method and genomic analysis.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · Jun 12, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology