Bat trait, genetic and pathogen data from large-scale investigations of African fruit bats, Eidolon helvum.

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dc.citation.volume3
dc.contributor.authorPeel AJ
dc.contributor.authorBaker KS
dc.contributor.authorHayman DTS
dc.contributor.authorSuu-Ire R
dc.contributor.authorBreed AC
dc.contributor.authorGembu G-C
dc.contributor.authorLembo T
dc.contributor.authorFernández-Loras A
dc.contributor.authorSargan DR
dc.contributor.authorFooks AR
dc.contributor.authorCunningham AA
dc.contributor.authorWood JLN
dc.date.available2016-08-01
dc.date.available2016-05-19
dc.date.issued2016-08-01
dc.description.abstractBats, including African straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum), have been highlighted as reservoirs of many recently emerged zoonotic viruses. This common, widespread and ecologically important species was the focus of longitudinal and continent-wide studies of the epidemiological and ecology of Lagos bat virus, henipaviruses and Achimota viruses. Here we present a spatial, morphological, demographic, genetic and serological dataset encompassing 2827 bats from nine countries over an 8-year period. Genetic data comprises cytochrome b mitochondrial sequences (n=608) and microsatellite genotypes from 18 loci (n=544). Tooth-cementum analyses (n=316) allowed derivation of rare age-specific serologic data for a lyssavirus, a henipavirus and two rubulaviruses. This dataset contributes a substantial volume of data on the ecology of E. helvum and its viruses and will be valuable for a wide range of studies, including viral transmission dynamic modelling in age-structured populations, investigation of seasonal reproductive asynchrony in wide-ranging species, ecological niche modelling, inference of island colonisation history, exploration of relationships between island and body size, and various spatial analyses of demographic, morphometric or serological data.
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dc.identifierARTN 160049
dc.identifier.citationSCIENTIFIC DATA, 2016, 3
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/sdata.2016.49
dc.identifier.eissn2052-4463
dc.identifier.elements-id279523
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
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dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution License 4.0
dc.titleBat trait, genetic and pathogen data from large-scale investigations of African fruit bats, Eidolon helvum.
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences
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