Classification of new morbillivirus and jeilongvirus sequences from bats sampled in Brazil and Malaysia.

ABSTRACT: As part of a broad One Health surveillance effort to detect novel viruses in wildlife and people, we report several paramyxovirus sequences sampled primarily from bats during 2013 and 2014 in Brazil and Malaysia, including seven from which we recovered full-length genomes. Of these, six represent the first full-length paramyxovirid genomes sequenced from the Americas, including two that are the first full-length bat morbillivirus genome sequences published to date. Our findings add to the vast number of viral sequences in public repositories, which have been increasing considerably in recent years due to the rising accessibility of metagenomics. Taxonomic classification of these sequences in the absence of phenotypic data has been a significant challenge, particularly in the subfamily Orth

SUBMITTER: Wells HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9402765 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature