1. The virome of the white-winged vampire bat Diaemus youngi is rich in circular DNA viruses
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André Alberto Witt, Raquel Silva Alves, Juliana do Canto Olegário, Laura Junqueira de Camargo, Matheus Nunes Weber, Mariana Soares da Silva, Raíssa Canova, Ana Cristina Sbaraini Mosena, Samuel Paulo Cibulski, Ana Paula Muterle Varela, Fabiana Quoos Mayer, Cláudio Wageck Canal, and Renata da Fontoura Budaszewski
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Virome ,Virology ,Chiroptera ,Viruses ,Genetics ,DNA Viruses ,Animals ,General Medicine ,DNA, Circular ,Molecular Biology ,Phylogeny - Abstract
In the Neotropical region, the white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus youngi) is the rarest of the three species of vampire bats. This bat species feeds preferentially on bird blood, and there is limited information on the viruses infecting D. youngi. Hence, this study aimed to expand the knowledge about the viral diversity associated with D. youngi by sampling and pooling the lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, and intestines of all animals using high-throughput sequencing (HTS) on the Illumina MiSeq platform. A total of three complete and 10 nearly complete circular virus genomes were closely related to gemykrogvirus (Genomoviridae family), smacovirus (Smacoviridae family), and torque teno viruses (TTVs) (Anelloviridae family). In addition, three sequences of bat paramyxovirus were detected and found to be closely related to viruses reported in Pomona roundleaf bats and rodents. The present study provides a snapshot of the viral diversity associated with white-winged vampire bats and provides a baseline for comparison to viruses detected in future outbreaks.
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- 2021