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Divergent lineage of a novel hantavirus in the banana pipistrelle (Neoromicia nanus) in Côte d'Ivoire

Authors: Laarni Sumibcay, Blaise Kadjo, Se Hun Gu, Hae Ji Kang, Burton K Lim, Joseph A Cook, Jin-Won Song, Richard Yanagihara

Published in: Virology Journal | Issue 1/2012

Abstract

Recently identified hantaviruses harbored by shrews and moles (order Soricomorpha) suggest that other mammals having shared ancestry may serve as reservoirs. To investigate this possibility, archival tissues from 213 insectivorous bats (order Chiroptera) were analyzed for hantavirus RNA by RT-PCR. Following numerous failed attempts, hantavirus RNA was detected in ethanol-fixed liver tissue from two banana pipistrelles (Neoromicia nanus), captured near Mouyassué village in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, in June 2011. Phylogenetic analysis of partial L-segment sequences using maximum-likelihood and Bayesian methods revealed that the newfound hantavirus, designated Mouyassué virus (MOUV), was highly divergent and basal to all other rodent- and soricomorph-borne hantaviruses, except for Nova virus in the European common mole (Talpa europaea). Full genome sequencing of MOUV and further surveys of other bat species for hantaviruses, now underway, will provide critical insights into the evolution and diversification of hantaviruses.

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Title: Divergent lineage of a novel hantavirus in the banana pipistrelle (Neoromicia nanus) in Côte d'Ivoire
Authors: Laarni Sumibcay
Blaise Kadjo
Se Hun Gu
Hae Ji Kang
Burton K Lim
Joseph A Cook
Jin-Won Song
Richard Yanagihara
Publication date: 01-12-2012
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Virology Journal / Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1743-422X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-9-34

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