Bats carry viruses that can cause disease in other animals and in humans. Here, Ishii et al.identify new nairoviruses from African bats and show that some of them can produce a severe haemorrhagic disease in laboratory mice that is similar to Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever in humans.
- Akihiro Ishii
- Keisuke Ueno
- Hirofumi Sawa
