Isolation of Batborne Neglected Zoonotic Agent Issyk-Kul Virus, Italy

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 786 - 790
• Main Authors: Lelli, Davide, Moreno, Ana, Canziani, Sabrina, Soliani, Laura, Carrera, Maya, Castelli, Anna, Faccin, Francesca, Trogu, Tiziana, Sozzi, Enrica, Cavallari, Gian Luca, Mauri, Matteo, Ferrari, Fabiana, Salogni, Cristian, Garbarino, Chiara, Chiapponi, Chiara, Farioli, Marco, Lavazza, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.04.2024; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Analysis; Animals; Arachnids; Arboviruses; Bats; Chiroptera; Diseases; Dispatch; Epidemics; Fatalities; Fever; Genomes; Host-virus relationships; Hypsugo savii; Identification and classification; Infections; Infectious diseases; Isolation of Batborne Neglected Zoonotic Agent Issyk-Kul Virus, Italy; Issyk-kul virus; Italy - epidemiology; Liver; Orthonairovirus; Phylogenetics; Public Health; Sedentary species; Spleen; Testing; Viruses; Zoonoses; zoonosis; Italy; Sweden; Asia; Europe; Germany; bats; viruses; vector-borne infections; Orthonairovirus; Issyk-kul virus; Italy; zoonosis; Hypsugo savii
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid3004.231186

We isolated Issyk-Kul virus (ISKV) from a bat sampled from Italy in 2021 and conducted ISKV-specific surveillance in bats collected in Italy during 2017-2023. ISKV circulation among synanthropic and sedentary species of bat, such as Savi's pipistrelle bat (Hypsugo savii) in northern Italy, may have public health implications in this region.