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Novel betaherpesviruses and gammaherpesviruses in bats from central China

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Novel betaherpesviruses and gammaherpesviruses in bats from central China
المؤلفون: Shuhui Duan, Zemin Li, Xu Zhang, Xue-Jie Yu
المصدر: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)
بيانات النشر: Nature Portfolio, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Gammaherpesvirus, Betaherpesvirus, Myotis davidii, Rhinolophus pusillus, Bat, Medicine, Science
الوصف: Abstract Herpesviruses are large double-stranded DNA viruses that cause infections in animals and humans with a characteristic of latent infectious within specific tissues. Bats are natural hosts of variety human-infecting viruses and recently have been described as hosts for herpesviruses in several countries around the world. In this study we collected 140 insectivorous bats in the neighboring urban areas of Wuhan City, Hubei Province in the central China between 2020 and 2021. Nested PCR targeting the dpol gene sequence indicated that a total of 22 individuals (15.7% of the sample) tested positive for herpesvirus with 4 strains belonging to the genus Betaherpesvirus and the remaining 18 strains classified as Gammahersvirus. Furthermore, the herpesvirus prevalence in Rhinolophus pusillus was higher at 26.3%, compared to 8.4% in Myotis davidii. The RP701 strain from R. pusillus was the predominant gammaherpesvirus strain detected in bats, accounting for 94.4% (17/18) of all strains. The variations in γ-herpesviruses genomic sequences was evident in phylogenetic tree, where RP701 strain was clustered together with ruminant γ-herpesviruses, while MD704 strain formed a distinct clade with a hedgehog γ-herpesvirus. Four betaherpesviruses exclusively identified from M. davidii, with nucleotide identities ranging from 79.7 to 82.6% compared to known betaherpesviruses. Our study provided evidence that M. davidii can sever as natural host for β-herpesviruses, which extended the host species range. In conclusion, we found that bats from central China harbored novel β-herpesviruses and γ-herpesviruses which were phylogenetically related to ruminant γ-herpesvirus and hedgehog γ-herpesvirus. Our study indicates that bats are natural hosts of β- and γ-herpesviruses and further studies are needed to determine whether there is cross-species transmission of herpesviruses between bats and other animals, or humans.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2045-2322
العلاقة: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Test
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61290-1
الوصول الحر: https://doaj.org/article/a30b2d89ede044a3b5dbebe532242267Test
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.30b2d89ede044a3b5dbebe532242267
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20452322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-61290-1