Bat trait, genetic and pathogen data from large-scale investigations of African fruit bats, <i>Eidolon</i> <i>helvum</i>



Peel, Alison J, Baker, Kate S ORCID: 0000-0001-5850-1949, Hayman, David TS, Suu-Ire, Richard, Breed, Andrew C, Gembu, Guy-Crispin, Lembo, Tiziana, Fernandez-Loras, Andres, Sargan, David R, Fooks, Anthony R
et al (show 2 more authors) (2016) Bat trait, genetic and pathogen data from large-scale investigations of African fruit bats, <i>Eidolon</i> <i>helvum</i>. SCIENTIFIC DATA, 3 (1). 160049-.

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Abstract

Bats, 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.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Animals, Chiroptera, Henipavirus, Rubulavirus, Lyssavirus, Nigeria
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2017 09:03
Last Modified: 12 Oct 2023 17:53
DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2016.49
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3009109