A global serosurvey of RNA virus-reactive antibodies in bats and rodents reveals the enzootic presence of flavi- and paramyxoviruses in African Pteropodidae
Jackson Emanuel, Jan Papies, Leonie Meiners, Talitha Veith, Victor M. Corman, Tabea Binger, Erik Lattwein, Beate Mareike Kümmerer, Susanne Zweerink, Kai Fechner, Florian Gloza‐Rausch, Veronika M. Cottontail, Gaël Darren Maganga, Jonas Schmidt‐Chanasit, Peter Vallo, , Marcel A. Müller
This study uses serosurveys to detect RNA virus-reactive antibodies in bats and rodents, revealing high seroprevalence of flavi- and paramyxoviruses in African Pteropodidae.
bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology