The discovery of three new hare lagoviruses reveals unexplored viral diversity in this genus.

ABSTRACT: Our knowledge of mammalian viruses has been strongly skewed toward those that cause disease in humans and animals. However, recent metagenomic studies indicate that most apparently healthy organisms carry viruses, and that these seemingly benign viruses may comprise the bulk of virus diversity. The bias toward studying viruses associated with overt disease is apparent in the lagoviruses (family Caliciviridae) that infect rabbits and hares: although most attention has been directed toward the highly pathogenic members of this genus-rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus and European brown hare syndrome virus-a number of benign lagoviruses have also been identified. To determine whether wild European brown hares in Australia might also carry undetected benign viruses, we used a meta-transc

SUBMITTER: Mahar JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6456799 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature