Virome Analysis of Small Mammals from the Brazilian Amazon.

ABSTRACT: The municipalities of Peixe-Boi and Santa Bárbara do Pará, both in the Pará State (eastern Amazon), have more than half of their territory deforested. Understanding the viral diversity in wildlife that inhabits the surroundings of human communities contributes to strengthening surveillance. Samples from eleven bats, seven opossums, and eight rodents from the two locations were screened by high-throughput sequencing for virome analysis. Viral reads were assigned into twenty viral families, from which the most abundant was Retroviridae. Host order, tissue type, and season showed a significant effect on viral composition. Five viral genomes of bat ERVs with intact genes were recovered, showing the need to understand their endogenous nature. In addition, a new Buritiense virus (Hanta

SUBMITTER: Hernandez LHA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12474034 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature