Detection of first gammaherpesvirus sequences in Central African bats
| Autor: | Damien O. Joly, C.E. Lange, Brett R. Smith, Ben D. Hayes, Sarah H. Olson, Tracey Goldstein, Kenneth N. Cameron, Jasmine Pante, Anne Laudisoit, R. Bagamboula MPassi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Diversity animal structures biology viruses 030106 microbiology Pipistrellus nanulus Consensus PCR Triaenops persicus Zoology virus diseases Bat Herpesvirus biology.organism_classification Microbiology lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences Bat herpesvirus 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Congo Africa lcsh:RC109-216 Taxonogenomics: Genome of a New Organism |
| Zdroj: | New Microbes and New Infections, Vol 36, Iss, Pp 100705-(2020) New Microbes and New Infections |
| ISSN: | 2052-2975 |
| Popis: | Herpesviruses have been identified in many species; however, relatively few bat herpesvirus are known, considering the enormous diversity of bats. We used consensus PCR to test bats from the Republic of the Congo and found DNA of two different novel bat herpesviruses. One was detected in a Pipistrellus nanulus, the other in a Triaenops persicus bat and both resemble gammaherpesviruses. On the amino acid level, the amplified sequences differ by 55% from each other, and by 27% and 25% from the next closest known viruses. The findings point towards the diversity of herpesviruses in Central African bats. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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