Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing
| Autor: | Ann Albihn, Tiina Reilas, Valery Fedorov, Ulrika Rockström, Anna Omazic, Åsa Hagström, Morten Tryland, Mikael Leijon, Juha Kantanen, Javier Sánchez Romano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Picornavirus
040301 veterinary sciences Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Sentinel species viruses Iceland Zoology Virologi / Virology Picobirnavirus Orthobunyavirus Virus Article Russia 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences orthobunyavirus flavivirus herpesvirus biology.animal VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480 Animals Humans virus screening Reinsdyr / Reindeer arenavirus Pandemics Tundra 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences biology Transmission (medicine) Arctic Regions SARS-CoV-2 Deer Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification Rangifer tarandus Roe deer Flavivirus picornavirus NGS Medicine VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 Reindeer |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 12 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 6561, p 6561 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Reindeer husbandry is essential for the livelihood and culture of indigenous people in the Arctic. Parts of the herding areas are also used as pastures for farm animals, facilitating potential transmission of viruses between species. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, viruses circulating in the wild are receiving increased attention, since they might pose a potential threat to human health. Climate change will influence the prevalence of infectious diseases of both humans and animals. The aim of this study was to detect known and previously unknown viruses in Eurasian tundra reindeer. In total, 623 nasal and 477 rectal swab samples were collected from reindeer herds in Fennoscandia, Iceland, and Eastern Russia during 2016–2019. Next-generation sequencing analysis and BLAST-homology searches indicated the presence of viruses of domesticated and wild animals, such as bovine viral diarrhea virus, bovine papillomavirus, alcephaline herpesvirus 1 and 2, deer mastadenovirus B, bovine rotavirus, and roe deer picobirnavirus. Several viral species previously found in reindeer and some novel species were detected, although the clinical relevance of these viruses in reindeer is largely unknown. These results indicate that it should be possible to find emerging viruses of relevance for both human and animal health using reindeer as a sentinel species. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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