Virome analysis of Desmodus rotundus tissue samples from the Amazon region.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bats are renowned for harboring a high viral diversity, their characteristics contribute to emerging infectious diseases. However, environmental and anthropic factors also play a significant role in the emergence of zoonotic viruses. Metagenomic is an important tool for investigating the virome of bats and discovering new viruses.

Results

Twenty-four families of virus were detected in lung samples by sequencing and bioinfomatic analysis, the largest amount of reads was focused on the Retroviridae and contigs assembled to Desmodus rotundus endogenous retrovirus, which was feasible to acquire complete sequences. The reads were also abundant for phages.

Conclusion

This lung virome of D. rotundus contributes valuable information regarding the viral diversity fo

SUBMITTER: Albuquerque NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10768307 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature