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Pan-lyssavirus Real Time RT-PCR for Rabies Diagnosis
Published on: July 10, 2019
Novel adenoviruses and herpesviruses detected in bats
Máté Jánoska1, Márton Vidovszky, Viktor Molnár
1Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1581 Budapest, P.O. Box 18, Hungary.
Abstract:
Samples from native Hungarian or captive bats were tested by PCR for the presence of adenoviruses and herpesviruses. Two novel adenoviruses from a common noctule (Nyctalus noctula) and a greater horseshoe (Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum) bat were detected. In captive Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus), DNA from two novel herpesviruses was demonstrated. Phylogenetic analysis facilitated provisional taxonomic placement of the newly detected viruses. Such analysis and the existence of unique, shared early proteins (E3 and E4) suggest that canine adenoviruses may have originated in vespertilinoid bats.
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