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. 2014 Jan 13;9(1):e84679. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084679

Table 2. Viruses associated with the bat species C. perspicillata and E. helvum.

Bat species Virus family Virus genus Virus identified Reference
Seba's short-tailed bat (C. perspicillata) Retroviridae unassigned unassigned [33]
Bunyaviridae Orthobunyavirus Bimiti virus [34]
Catu virus [34]
Marituba virus [34]
Flaviviridae Flavivirus Ilheus virus* [34], [35]
Tamana bat virus [36]
Dengue virus* [36], [37]
Rio Bravo virus* [36]
St. Louis encephalitis* virus [34]
Yellow fever virus* [34]
Togaviridae Alphavirus Eastern equine encephalitis virus* [36]
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus* [35], [38][40]
Rhabdoviridae Lyssavirus Rabies virus* [41]
Vesiculovirus Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus* [42]
Vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus* [42]
Paramyxoviridae Morbillivirus-related unassigned [8]
Paramyxoviridae Morbillivirus-related unassigned [8]
Polyomaviridae Orthopolyomavirus Bat polyomavirus [43]
Coronaviridae Coronavirus Bat Coronavirus [44][46]
Straw-colored fruit bat (E. helvum) Herpesviridae unassigned unassigned [47]
Simplexvirus Eidolon helvum simplexvirus 1 [48]
unassigned several, unassigned [49]
Adenoviridae unassigned unassigned [49]
Reoviridae Orbivirus Ife virus [38], [50]
Rotavirus Bat/KE4852/07 [51]
Filoviridae Ebolavirus Ebola-Zaire virus* [52]
Paramyxoviridae Henipavirus Hendra virus* [53]
Henipavirus-like Several, unassigned [8], [54], [55]
Rubulavirus Achimota virus 1 and 2 [56]
Several, unassigned [8]
Pneumovirus Several, unassigned [8]
Papillomaviridae unassigned Several, unassigned [49]
Polyomaviridae unassigned Several, unassigned [49]
Picornaviridae unassigned Several, unassigned [49]
Poxviridae unassigned Several, unassigned [49]
Parvoviridae Parv-4-like viruses Eidolon-helvum-bat-Parvovirus 1 [57]
unassigned unassigned [49]
Retroviridae unassigned unassigned [49]
Rhabdoviridae Lyssavirus Lagos bat virus [38]
Mokola virus* [58]

Viruses were detected either as virus isolates, on the basis of genetic sequence, or indirectly by detection of antibodies. Table adapted from [32]; modified and supplemented. Viruses that have been reported to infect humans are marked with *.