Picornaviridae and Caliciviridae diversity in Madagascar fruit bats is driven by cross-continental genetic exchange

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Kettenburg, Gwenddolen, Ranaivoson, Hafaliana C, Andrianianina, Angelo, Andry, Santino, Henry, Amy R, Davis, Rachel L, Laboune, Farida, Longtine, Elizabeth R, Godbole, Sucheta, Horigan, Sophia, Ruhs, Emily Cornelius, Raharinosy, Vololoniaina, Randriambolamanantsoa, Tsiry Hasina, Lacoste, Vincent, Heraud, Jean-Michel, Dussart, Philippe, Douek, Daniel C, Brook, Cara E
• Format: Journal Article Paper
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 02.01.2025; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Edition: 1.2
• Subjects: Bats; Caliciviridae; Divergence; Endemic species; Evolutionary Biology; Feces; Food sources; Foot & mouth disease; Genetic diversity; Hepatitis A; Metagenomics; Next-generation sequencing; Picornavirales; Picornaviridae; Recombination; Ungulates; Viruses; Zoonoses; Madagascar

Bats are reservoir hosts for numerous well-known zoonotic viruses, but their broader virus-hosting capacities remain understudied. are an order of enteric viruses known to cause disease across a wide range of mammalian hosts, including Hepatitis A in humans and foot-and-mouth disease in ungulates. H...