Detection of Tioman Virus in Pteropus vampyrus Near Flores, Indonesia.
Viruses
; 13(4)2021 03 26.
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| ID: mdl-33810446
ABSTRACT
Diverse paramyxoviruses have coevolved with their bat hosts, including fruit bats such as flying foxes (Chiroptera Pteropodidae). Several of these viruses are zoonotic, but the diversity and distribution of Paramyxoviridae are poorly understood. We screened pooled feces samples from three Pteropus vampyrus colonies and assayed tissues, rectal swabs, and oral swabs from 95 individuals of 23 pteropodid species sampled at 17 sites across the Indonesian archipelago with a conventional paramyxovirus PCR; all tested negative. Samples from 43 individuals were screened with next generation sequencing (NGS), and a single Pteropus vampyrus collected near Flores had Tioman virus sequencing reads. Tioman virus is a bat-borne virus in the genus Pararubulavirus with prior evidence of spillover to humans. This work expands the known range of Tioman virus, and it is likely that this isolated colony likely has sustained intergenerational transmission over a long period.
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Colección:
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Quirópteros
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Paramyxovirinae
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Infecciones por Paramyxoviridae
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Heces
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Viruses
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos