在来自中国中部的蝙蝠中发现的新型贝塔疹病毒和疹病毒
Shuhui Duan1, Zemin Li1, Xu Zhang2
1State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, People's Republic of China.
Scientific reports
|May 9, 2024
概括
中国中部的蝙蝠携带了新的贝塔疹病毒和马疹病毒. 这项研究强调了蝙蝠是这些病毒的天然宿主,这可能对跨物种传播到其他动物和人类产生潜在影响.
科学领域:
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 动物传播疾病 动物传播疾病
- 野生动物健康 野生动物健康
背景情况:
- 疹病毒是大型DNA病毒,已知会在包括人类在内的各种宿主中引起潜在感染.
- 蝙蝠是众所周知的许多具有动物感染潜力的病毒的储存库.
- 以前的研究已经在全球范围内确定了蝙蝠中的疹病毒,强调了它们作为病毒宿主的作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查来自中国武汉市的昆虫食蝙蝠中疹病毒的流行率和遗传多样性.
- 在蝙蝠种群中识别新型β-herpesvirus和gamma-herpesvirus菌株.
- 确定检测到的疹病毒与已知的病毒物种的遗传关系.
主要方法:
- 在2020年至2021年期间,在中国武汉收集了140只食虫蝙蝠.
- 嵌套PCR针对dpol基因检测疹病毒DNA.
- 对病毒基因组序列的遗传学分析,以确定进化关系.
主要成果:
- 在采样的蝙蝠中检测到15.7% (22/140) 的疹病毒流行率.
- 确定了四种贝塔疹病毒菌株和18种疹病毒菌株.
- 与Myotis davidii (8.4%) 相比,Rhinolophus pusillus (26.3%) 的流行率更高.
- 新型贝塔疹病毒仅在M. davidii中发现,扩大了已知的宿主范围.
- 遗传学分析揭示了与反动物和刺的疹病毒相关的玛疹病毒.
结论:
- 中国中部的蝙蝠携带了新的贝塔疹病毒和马疹病毒.
- 这些发现证实了蝙蝠是贝塔疹病毒和疹病毒的天然宿主.
- 需要进一步的研究来评估蝙蝠,其他动物和人类之间跨物种传播的可能性.
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