TY - JOUR AU - Kareinen, Lauri AU - Ogola, Joseph AU - Kivistö, Ilkka AU - Smura, Teemu AU - Aaltonen, Kirsi AU - Jääskeläinen, Anne AU - Kibiwot, Sospeter AU - Masika, Moses AU - Nyaga, Philip AU - Mwaengo, Dufton AU - Anzala, Omu AU - Vapalahti, Olli AU - Webala, Paul AU - Forbes, Kristian AU - Sironen, Tarja T1 - Range Expansion of Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bats, Kenya, 2019 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 12 SP - 3007 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Previously identified only in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and southeastern Kenya, Bombali virus–infected Mops condylurus bats were recently found »750 km away in western Kenya. This finding supports the role of M. condylurus bats as hosts and the potential for Bombali virus circulation across the bats’ range in sub-Saharan Africa. KW - bats KW - filovirus KW - Kenya KW - Mops condylurus KW - Bombali ebolavirus KW - Bombali virus KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2612.202925 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/12/20-2925_article ER - End of Reference