Table. Lesions found in bat tissues stained with hematoxylin and eosin in study of histopathologic changes in Mops condylurus bats naturally infected with BOMV, Kenya*.
Organ | Lesion | BOMV-infected† | Uninfected† |
---|---|---|---|
Lung |
Mild perivascular and interstitial mononuclear infiltrates | 3/3 | 4/6 |
Scattered thickening of pulmonary vessel walls | 2/3 | 1/6 | |
Mild peribronchial mononuclear infiltrates |
1/3 |
2/6 |
|
Liver |
Mild perivascular mononuclear infiltrates | 3/3 | 1/6 |
Moderate chronic neutrophilic infiltrates | 0/3 | 3/6 | |
Mild hepatocellular vacuolation |
0/3 |
1/6 |
|
Heart |
Mild mononuclear infiltrates |
0/3 |
2/6 |
Stomach | Moderate chronic granulomatous gastritis with intralesional nematodes | 0/3 | 2/6 |
*Comparisons were made between BOMV RT-PCR–positive (BOMV-infected) and RT-PCR–negative (uninfected) Mops condylurus bats. Lesions likely represent spontaneous background lesions, except for the neutrophilic infiltrates in liver tissue and granulomatous gastritis nematodiasis. BOMV, Bombali virus. †Number of bats with lesions/total number of bats per group (infected or uninfected).