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 *.