Epidemiology and Genomic characteristics of arenavirus in rodents from the southeast coast of P.R. China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wenzhou virus (WENV), a member of the Mammarenavirus genus in the Arenaviridae family, has been detected in wild rodents from eight provinces in China, including Zhejiang, Shandong, Hainan, Xinjiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Yunnan, and Jiangxi provinces, and some countries from Southeast Asia. The IgG-antibodies of WENV have been detected in both healthy populations and patients with unknown fever and respiratory symptoms. However, the potential harmfulness of WENV to humans has been underestimated due to mild symptoms after infection, similar to respiratory diseases. Thus, it is imperative to enhance the surveillance of WENV in wild rodents, particularly Rattus norvegicus, and continuously monitor its prevalence.

Results

From 2017 to 2021, a total of 390 wild rodents w

SUBMITTER: Xie Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10685642 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature