A newly bat-borne hantavirus detected in Seba's short-tailed bats (Carollia perspicillata) in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bat-borne hantaviruses have been identified worldwide but little is known about neotropical bats in the megadiverse biomes of the American continent. Although serological evidence has hinted at hantavirus circulation in Brazil, the scarce number of genomic detection represents a gap to understand viral diversity, prevalence, and ecology of bat-borne hantaviruses.

Objective

We aim to investigate and evaluate the presence and prevalence of bat-borne hantavirus in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

Methods

Here in, 97 lung and kidney tissue samples from bats captured in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest were submitted to hantavirus-specific nested reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) targeted the hantaviral L segment and metagenomic analysis.

SUBMITTER: Souza PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11654739 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature