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Epidemiology and Molecular Characterization of Rotavirus A in Fruit Bats in Bangladesh

Authors: Ariful Islam, Mohammad Enayet Hossain, Melinda K. Rostal, Jinnat Ferdous, Ausraful Islam, Rashedul Hasan, Mojnu Miah, Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Peter Daszak, Jonathan H. Epstein

Published in: EcoHealth | Issue 3/2020

Abstract

Rotavirus A (RVA) is the primary cause of acute dehydrating diarrhea in human and numerous animal species. Animal-to-human interspecies transmission is one of the evolutionary mechanisms driving rotavirus strain diversity in humans. We screened fresh feces from 416 bats (201 Pteropus medius, 165 Rousettus leschenaultii and 50 Taphozous melanopogon) for RVA using rRT-PCR. We detected a prevalence of 7% (95% CI 3.5–10.8) and 2% (95% CI 0.4–5.2) in P. medius and R. leschenaultii, respectively. We did not detect RVA in the insectivorous bat (T. melanopogon). We identified RVA strains similar to the human strains of G1 and G8 based on sequence-based genotyping, which underscores the importance of including wildlife species in surveillance for zoonotic pathogens to understand pathogen transmission and evolution better.

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Title: Epidemiology and Molecular Characterization of Rotavirus A in Fruit Bats in Bangladesh
Authors: Ariful Islam
Mohammad Enayet Hossain
Melinda K. Rostal
Jinnat Ferdous
Ausraful Islam
Rashedul Hasan
Mojnu Miah
Mustafizur Rahman
Mohammed Ziaur Rahman
Peter Daszak
Jonathan H. Epstein
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: EcoHealth / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Electronic ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-020-01488-7

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