MicrobiologyVirus EvolutionPeer-reviewed
A century-old museum sample reveals abandavirus with modern day presence in northernEuropean bats
Udo Gieraths, Jörn Beheim-Schwarzbach, Matthew J. Pickin…·Christian Drosten
This study recovers an ancient Bandavirus genome from a 1919 bat sample and identifies its modern presence in European bats, showing its ability to block interferon induction.
DOI 10.1093/ve/veag034