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Recent discoveries of novel filoviruses associated with pteropodid bats in South and Southeast Asia highlight the necessity to investigate their genetic diversity and pathogenic potential.\r\nThe aim of this study was to investigate the genetic diversity and pathogenic potential of new filoviruses associated with bats, based on literature data.\r\nMaterials and methods. This review is based on an analysis of published literature describing the detection and molecular characterization of novel filoviruses identified in different geographic regions, with a particular focus on filoviruses associated with pteropodid bats in South and Southeast Asia. The analyzed studies include data on virus discovery, genome organization, taxonomic classification, and experimental assessment of biological properties. Results. Several novel filoviruses have been identified by metagenomic RNA sequencing of tissues from pteropodid bats captured in South and Southeast Asia. Among them, Mengla virus was detected in tissues of pteropodid bats (Rousettus spp.) captured in Mengla County, Yunnan Province, People\u2019s Republic of China. Owing to a high level of genetic divergence, Mengla virus was classified as a representative of a new genus, Dianlovirus, within the family Filoviridae. Although a live isolate of Mengla virus has not yet been obtained, experimental studies using chimeric minigenome systems and virus-like particles suggest that the virus may exhibit tropism for tissues of various vertebrate hosts, including humans.\r\nConclusion. Members of the family Filoviridae are widely distributed within the geographic range of their natural reservoir\u2013pteropodid bats\u2013across South and Southeast Asia, including viruses evolutionarily related to Ebola and Marburg viruses. Although human disease caused by Mengla virus and other recently discovered filoviruses has not been documented, the potential for cross-species transmission and the emergence of novel filovirus infections in endemic regions remains.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.36233\/0507-4088-356","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,23]],"date-time":"2026-03-23T17:24:39Z","timestamp":1774286679000},"page":"7-12","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.36233\/0372-9311-crossmark","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Mengla virus (&lt;i&gt;Filoviridae: Dianlovirus&lt;\/i&gt;)"],"prefix":"10.36233","volume":"71","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1817-0126","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tatyana E.","family":"Sizikova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"48 Central Scientific Research Institute of the Ministry of Defens of the Russian Federation"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6552-4599","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vitaliy N.","family":"Lebedev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"48 Central Scientific Research Institute of the Ministry of Defens of the Russian Federation"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6742-3919","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sergey V.","family":"Borisevich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"48 Central Scientific Research Institute of the Ministry of Defens of the Russian Federation"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"22004","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","unstructured":"Radoshitzky S.R., Bavari S., Jahrling P.B., Cuhn J.H. 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