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ArticleVeterinary research communications2025

Molecular survey of herpesviruses in bats from Chile and Spain reveals potentially novel species.

Carlos Sacristán, Fernando Esperón, Irene Sacristán, Jordi Serra Cobo, Marc López Roig, Fulgencio Lisón, Javier Millán

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Carlos SacristánCentro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA-INIA), CSIC, Carretera Algete-El Casar de Talamanca, Km. 8,1, Valdeolmos, Madrid, 28130, Spain. carlos.sacristan@inia.csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6111-6301
Fernando EsperónVeterinary Department, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, C. Tajo, S/N, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, 28670, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8810-5071
Irene SacristánCentro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA-INIA), CSIC, Carretera Algete-El Casar de Talamanca, Km. 8,1, Valdeolmos, Madrid, 28130, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4169-4884
Jordi Serra CoboDepartament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, Barcelona, 08028, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3847-8355
Marc López RoigDepartament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, Barcelona, 08028, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8204-0895
Fulgencio LisónWildlife Ecology and Conservation Lab, Zoology Department, Universidad de Concepción, Edmundo Larenas 219, Concepción, Bío Bío, 4070409, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1481-3750
Javier MillánInstituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Miguel Servet 177, Zaragoza, 50013, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5608-781X

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Abstract

Bats (order Chiroptera) are known as important hosts and reservoirs for several zoonotic viruses. To this date, most virology studies in bats have focused on RNA viruses; consequently, information about DNA viruses is more limited. Herein we surveyed the presence of herpesviruses in blood or spleen samples of three bat species of Spain (n = 31) and five bat species of Chile (n = 50) by using a broad-spectrum nested PCR. Overall, herpesvirus DNA was detected in 9.7% (3/31) bats of Spain and 10.0% (5/50) bats of Chile. Three gammaherpesvirus sequence types were found in bats from Spain, while sequence types of two betaherpesviruses, two gammaherpesviruses and one unclassified herpesvirus were detected in Chilean bats, two of which could represent novel herpesvirus species. The impact (if any) of these herpesviruses on the health of the studied species needs to be clarified. This study increases our knowledge of herpesvirus diversity in bats and expands their geographic range in South America. Future herpesvirus surveillance studies are warranted to test chiropteran families other than Vespertilionidae and Molossidae in Chile and Spain.

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ChiropteraHerpesviridaeHerpesviridae InfectionsAnimalsChileGammaherpesvirinaePhylogenyPolymerase Chain ReactionSpainEmerging virusesEuropeMiniopteridaeMolossidaeSouth AmericaVespertilionidae

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