ArticleThe Journal of general virology2014
Metagenomic identification of novel enteric viruses in urban wild rats and genome characterization of a group A rotavirus.
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- Full genotype characterization of Brazilian canine G3P[3] strains during a 10-year survey (2012-2021) of rotavirus infection in domestic dogs and cats.Archives of virology · 2023Article
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- Isolation and Characterization of Distinct Rotavirus A in Bat and Rodent Hosts.Journal of virology · 2023Article
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- Metagenomic analysis of viromes in tissues of wild Qinghai vole from the eastern Tibetan Plateau.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of a Prototype Strain of the Novel Putative Rotavirus Species L.Viruses · 2022Article
- Genetic and biological characteristics of species A rotaviruses detected in common shrews suggest a distinct evolutionary trajectory.Virus evolution · 2022Article
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Abstract
Rats are known as reservoirs and vectors for several zoonotic pathogens. However, information on the viruses shed by urban wild rats that could pose a zoonotic risk to human health is scare. Here, intestinal contents from 20 wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) collected in the city of Berlin, Germany, were subjected to metagenomic analysis of viral nucleic acids. The determined faecal viromes of rats consisted of a variety of known and unknown viruses, and were highly variable among the individuals. Members of the families Parvoviridae and Picobirnaviridae represented the most abundant species. Novel picornaviruses, bocaviruses, sapoviruses and stool-associated circular ssDNA viruses were identified, which showed only low sequence identity to known representatives of the corresponding taxa. In addition, noroviruses and rotaviruses were detected as potential zoonotic gastroenteritis viruses. However, partial-genome sequence analyses indicated that the norovirus was closely related to the recently identified rat norovirus and the rotavirus B was closely related to the rat rotavirus strain IDIR; both viruses clustered separately from respective human virus strains in phylogenetic trees. In contrast, the rotavirus A sequences showed high identity to human and animal strains. Analysis of the nearly complete genome of this virus revealed the known genotypes G3, P[3] and N2 for three of the genome segments, whereas the remaining eight genome segments represented the novel genotypes I20-R11-C11-M10-A22-T14-E18-H13. Our results indicated a high heterogeneity of enteric viruses present in urban wild rats; their ability to be transmitted to humans remains to be assessed in the future.
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