Novel hantavirus identified in European bat species Nyctalus noctula

Infect Genet Evol. 2017 Mar:48:127-130. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.025. Epub 2016 Dec 23.

Abstract

Hantaviruses are emerging RNA viruses that cause human diseases predominantly in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Besides rodents, insectivores and bats serve as hantavirus reservoirs. We report the detection and genome characterization of a novel bat-borne hantavirus isolated from insectivorous common noctule bat. The newfound virus was tentatively named as Brno virus.

Keywords: Bat; Bat-borne virus; Emerging virus; Hantavirus; Phylogenetic analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chiroptera / virology*
  • Czech Republic
  • Disease Reservoirs / virology
  • Genes, Viral
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Molecular Typing
  • Orthohantavirus / genetics*
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA