Unravelling antigenic cross-reactions toward the world of coronaviruses: extent of the stability of shared epitopes and SARS-CoV-2 anti-spike cross-neutralizing …

CA Devaux, J Fantini - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
The human immune repertoire retains the molecular memory of a very great diversity of
target antigens (epitopes) and can recall this upon a second encounter with epitopes …

Pre-pandemic cross-reactive immunity against SARS-CoV-2 among Central and West African populations

M Souris, L Tshilolo, D Parzy, L Lobaloba Ingoba… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
For more than two years after the emergence of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease-2019),
significant regional differences in morbidity persist. These differences clearly show lower …

Systematics of the Rhinolophus landeri complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species

BD Patterson, TC Demos, L Torrent… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Roughly a third of all horseshoe bat species (Rhinolophidae: Rhinolophus) are found in
Africa, where a recent continent-wide genetic survey suggested the presence of both …

Paramyxo-and coronaviruses in Rwandan bats

W Markotter, M Geldenhuys… - Tropical medicine and …, 2019 - mdpi.com
A high diversity of corona-and paramyxoviruses have been detected in different bat species
at study sites worldwide, including Africa, however no biosurveillance studies from Rwanda …

A new genus and species of vesper bat from West Africa, with notes on Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

R Hutterer, J Decher, A Monadjem… - Acta …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
We describe a new species of vespertilionid bat from Guinea and Liberia, West Africa. In this
context we evaluate previously described taxa from West Africa assigned to Pipistrellus …

Drivers affecting habitat use in Afrotropical hipposiderid and pteropodid bats

C Mande, V Van Cakenberghe, L Kirkpatrick… - Biotropica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Assessing how bats respond to habitat attributes requires an integrative approach to reliably
predict direct community‐level effects. We focused on hipposiderid and pteropodid bats …

Responses of bat communities (Mammalia: Chiroptera) to forest loss and habitat conversion in Southern Cameroon

PJ Atagana, EMB Fils… - Tropical Conservation …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
We aimed to assess how bats are affected by habitat transformation by comparing bat
assemblages in four habitat types: primary forest, secondary forest, cocoa plantations and …

Sonotype‐level responses of Afrotropical hipposiderid bats to local‐scale effects of rainforest structure

C Mande, L Kirkpatrick… - African Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bats exhibit a variety of life‐history traits that can serve as valuable surrogate metrics of
terrestrial ecosystem health. Here, we investigate how sonotype activity of hipposiderid bats …

A Checklist of the Mammals of Rwanda

ZS Cockar - Journal of East African Natural History, 2022 - ajol.info
Despite its small geographical size and its tumultuous recent political history, Rwanda is
home to a diverse mammal fauna. Having reviewed 53 published books and papers …

Assessing Ebola Virus Circulation in the Tshuapa Province (Democratic Republic of the Congo): A One Health Investigation of Wildlife and Human Interactions

R van Vredendaal, L Joffrin, A Paviotti, C Mande… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The wildlife reservoir and spillover mechanisms of the Ebola virus remain elusive despite
extensive research efforts in endemic areas. This study employed a One Health approach to …