Isolation of a novel adenovirus from Rousettus leschenaultii bats from India

Autor: C G, Raut, P D, Yadav, J S, Towner, B R, Amman, B R, Erickson, D L, Cannon, A, Sivaram, A, Basu, S T, Nichol, A C, Mishra, D T, Mourya
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Intervirology. 55(6)
ISSN: 1423-0100
Popis: Surveillance work was initiated to study the presence of highly infectious diseases like Ebola-Reston, Marburg, Nipah and other possible viruses that are known to be found in the bat species and responsible for causing diseases in humans. A novel adenovirus was isolated from a common species of fruit bat (Rousettus leschenaultii) captured in Maharashtra State, India. Partial sequence analysis of the DNA polymerase gene shows this isolate to be a newly recognized member of the genus Mastadenovirus (family Adenoviridae), approximately 20% divergent at the nucleotide level from Japanese BatAdV, its closest known relative.
Databáze: OpenAIRE