Molecular phylogeny of a genetically divergent hantavirus harbored by the Geoffroy's rousette (Rousettus amplexicaudatus), a frugivorous bat species in the Philippines

• Published in: Infection, genetics and evolution Vol. 45; pp. 26 - 32
• Main Authors: Arai, Satoru, Taniguchi, Satoshi, Aoki, Keita, Yoshikawa, Yasuhiro, Kyuwa, Shigeru, Tanaka-Taya, Keiko, Masangkay, Joseph S., Omatsu, Tsutomu, Puentespina, Roberto, Watanabe, Shumpei, Alviola, Phillip, Alvarez, James, Eres, Eduardo, Cosico, Edison, Quibod, Ma. Niña Regina M., Morikawa, Shigeru, Yanagihara, Richard, Oishi, Kazunori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.11.2016
• Subjects: ancestry; Animals; Chiroptera - virology; frugivores; Fruits bats; geographical distribution; Hantavirus; Hantavirus - classification; Hantavirus - genetics; Hantavirus Infections - veterinary; Hantavirus Infections - virology; host range; hosts; insectivores; Lung - virology; lungs; moles; national parks; Orthohantavirus; Philippines; Phylogeny; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; RNA; Rousettus; shrews; Soricidae; Talpidae; viruses; Philippines; Hantavirus; Phylogeny; Philippines; Fruits bats

The recent discovery of genetically distinct hantaviruses in multiple species of shrews and moles (order Eulipotyphla, families Soricidae and Talpidae) prompted a further exploration of their host diversification and geographic distribution by analyzing lung tissues from 376 fruit bats representing...