Paramyxovirus Diversity within One Population of Miniopterus fuliginosus Bats in Sri Lanka

Bats are known as typical reservoirs for a number of viruses, including viruses of the family Paramyxoviridae. Representatives of the subfamily Orthoparamyxovirinae are distributed worldwide and can cause mild to fatal diseases when infecting humans. The research on Paramyxoviruses (PMVs) from diffe...

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Published inPathogens (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 434
Main Authors Muzeniek, Therese, Perera, Thejanee, Siriwardana, Sahan, Bayram, Fatimanur, Bas, Dilara, Öruc, Mizgin, Becker-Ziaja, Beate, Perera, Inoka, Weerasena, Jagathpriya, Handunnetti, Shiroma, Schwarz, Franziska, Premawansa, Gayani, Premawansa, Sunil, Yapa, Wipula, Nitsche, Andreas, Kohl, Claudia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 02.04.2022
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Subjects
bat Paramyxovirus
Bats
Chiroptera
Classification
Genomes
Measles
Miniopterus fuliginosus
Phylogenetics
Sequence analysis
Sri Lanka
Sympatric populations
Urine
Viral infections
Viruses
Zoonoses
Sri Lanka
Miniopterus fuliginosus
Sri Lanka
bat Paramyxovirus
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Summary:Bats are known as typical reservoirs for a number of viruses, including viruses of the family Paramyxoviridae. Representatives of the subfamily Orthoparamyxovirinae are distributed worldwide and can cause mild to fatal diseases when infecting humans. The research on Paramyxoviruses (PMVs) from different bat hosts all over the world aims to understand the diversity, evolution and distribution of these viruses and to assess their zoonotic potential. A high number of yet unclassified PMVs from bats are recorded. In our study, we investigated bat species from the families Rhinolophidae, Hipposiderae, Pteropodidae and Miniopteridae that are roosting sympatrically in the Wavul Galge cave (Koslanda, Sri Lanka). The sampling at three time points (March and July 2018; January 2019) and screening for PMVs with a generic PCR show the presence of different novel PMVs in 10 urine samples collected from . Sequence analysis revealed a high similarity of the novel strains among each other and to other unclassified PMVs collected from bats. In this study, we present the first detection of PMVs in Sri Lanka and the presence of PMVs in the bat species for the first time.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:2076-0817
2076-0817
DOI:10.3390/pathogens11040434