Witkowski P. T., Drexler J. F., Kallies R., Lickova M., Bokorova S., Mananga G. D., Szemes T., Leroy Eric, Kruger D. H., Drosten C., Klempa B. (2016). Phylogenetic analysis of a newfound bat-borne hantavirus supports a laurasiatherian host association for ancestral mammalian hantaviruses [+ Corrigendum IGE.2019, Vol. 67, p. 247]. Infection Genetics and Evolution, 41, p. 113-119 [+ Corrigendum IGE.2019, Vol. 67, p. 247]. ISSN 1567-1348.
Titre du document
Phylogenetic analysis of a newfound bat-borne hantavirus supports a laurasiatherian host association for ancestral mammalian hantaviruses [+ Corrigendum IGE.2019, Vol. 67, p. 247]
Année de publication
2016
Auteurs
Witkowski P. T., Drexler J. F., Kallies R., Lickova M., Bokorova S., Mananga G. D., Szemes T., Leroy Eric, Kruger D. H., Drosten C., Klempa B.
Source
Infection Genetics and Evolution, 2016,
41, p. 113-119 [+ Corrigendum IGE.2019, Vol. 67, p. 247] ISSN 1567-1348
Until recently, hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae) were believed to originate from rodent reservoirs. However, genetically distinct hantaviruses were lately found in shrews and moles, as well as in bats from Africa and Asia. Bats (order Chiroptera) are considered important reservoir hosts for emerging human pathogens. Here, we report on the identification of a novel hantavirus, provisionally named Makokou virus (MAKV), in Noack's Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros ruber) in Gabon, Central Africa. Phylogenetic analysis of the genomic L-segment showed that MAKV was the most closely related to other bat-borne hantaviruses and shared a most recent common ancestor with the Asian hantaviruses Xuan Son and Laibin. Breakdown of the virus load in a bat animal showed that MAKV resembles rodent-borne hantaviruses in its organ distribution in that it predominantly occurred in the spleen and kidney; this provides a first insight into the infection pattern of bat-borne hantaviruses. Ancestral state reconstruction based on a tree of L gene sequences of all relevant hantavirus lineages was combined with phylogenetic fossil host hypothesis testing, leading to a statistically significant rejection of the mammalian superorder Euarchontoglires (including rodents) but not the superorder Laurasiatheria (including shrews, moles, and bats) as potential hosts of ancestral hantaviruses at most basal tree nodes. Our data supports the emerging concept of bats as previously overlooked hantavirus reservoir hosts.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
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Sciences du monde animal [080]
Description Géographique
GABON
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010066886]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010066886
