Kessler S, Stegen P, Zhan S, Schwemmle M, Reuther. Jamaican fruit bats mount a stable and highly neutralizing antibody response after bat influenza virus infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Oct 15;121(42):e241
Antibodies are an essential component of the antiviral response in many species, but to date, there is no compelling evidence that bats are capable of eliciting a robust humoral immunity, including neutralizing antibodies. Here, we report that infection of Jamaican fruit bats with the bat influenza A virus H18N11 elicits a rapid and stable humoral immune response with a strong neutralizing capacity, associated with no detectable viral shedding after repeat challenge infection. Thus, the neutralizing antibody response of bats might play an important role in the bat immunity.
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