Ebola virus maintenance: If not (only) bats, what else?

Caron Alexandre, Bourgarel Mathieu, Cappelle Julien, Liégeois Florian, De Nys Hélène, Roger François. 2018. Ebola virus maintenance: If not (only) bats, what else?. Viruses, 10 (10):549, 13 p.

Quartile : Q2, Sujet : VIROLOGY

Résumé : The maintenance mechanisms of ebolaviruses in African forest ecosystems are still unknown, but indirect evidences point at the involvement of some bat species. Despite intense research, the main bat-maintenance hypothesis has not been confirmed yet. The alternative hypotheses of a non-bat maintenance host or a maintenance community including, or not, several bat and other species, deserves more investigation. However, African forest ecosystems host a large biodiversity and abound in potential maintenance hosts. How does one puzzle out? Since recent studies have revealed that several bat species have been exposed to ebolaviruses, the common denominator to these hypotheses is that within the epidemiological cycle, some bats species must be exposed to the viruses and infected by these potential alternative hosts. Under this constraint, and given the peculiar ecology of bats (roosting behaviour, habitat utilisation, and flight mode), we review the hosts and transmission pathways that can lead to bat exposure and infection to ebolaviruses. In contrast to the capacity of bats to transmit ebolaviruses and other pathogens to many hosts, our results indicate that only a limited number of hosts and pathways can lead to the transmission of ebolaviruses to bats, and that the alternative maintenance host, if it exists, must be amongst them. A list of these pathways is provided, along with protocols to prioritise and investigate these alternative hypotheses. In conclusion, taking into account the ecology of bats and their known involvement in ebolaviruses ecology drastically reduces the list of potential alternative maintenance hosts for ebolaviruses. Understanding the natural history of ebolaviruses is a health priority, and investigating these alternative hypotheses could complete the current effort focused on the role of bats.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : santé, santé publique, épidémiologie

Mots-clés libres : Africa, Bat, Ebola, Community ecology, Transmission pathways

Classification Agris : 000 - Autres thèmes

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 4 (2014-2018) - Santé des animaux et des plantes

Auteurs et affiliations

• Caron Alexandre, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR ASTRE (MOZ) ORCID: 0000-0002-5213-3273 - auteur correspondant
• Bourgarel Mathieu, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR ASTRE (ZWE) ORCID: 0000-0001-9774-7669
• Cappelle Julien, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR ASTRE (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0001-7668-1971
• Liégeois Florian, IRD (FRA)
• De Nys Hélène, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR ASTRE (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-2942-4531
• Roger François, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR ASTRE (REU) ORCID: 0000-0002-1573-6833

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/589111/)

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