Bombali ebolavirus
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Bombali ebolavirus or Bombali virus (BOMV)[1] is a species of the genus Ebolavirus, first reported on 27 July 2018.[2] It was discovered and sequenced by a PREDICT research team from the U.S. in the Bombali area in the north of Sierra Leone, west Africa.[3][4] The virus was found in the Angolan free-tailed bat and the Little free-tailed bat.[5]
Bombali ebolavirus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
Class: | Monjiviricetes |
Order: | Mononegavirales |
Family: | Filoviridae |
Genus: | Ebolavirus |
Species: | Bombali ebolavirus |
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In 2019, the virus was demonstrated in Angolan free-tailed bats in southeast Kenya and southeast Guinea.[6][7] Bombali ebolavirus has the capacity to infect human cells, although it has not yet been shown to be pathogenic.[8][9]
The team reporting the virus also published its full genome sequence (NC_039345).[10]