Abstract

Bats are reservoirs of numerous zoonotic viruses. The Picornaviridae family comprises important pathogens which may infect both humans and animals. In this study, a bat-related picornavirus was detected from Algerian Minioptreus schreibersii bats for the first time in the country. Molecular analyses revealed the new virus originates to the Mischivirus genus. In the operational use of the acquired sequence and all available data regarding bat picornaviruses, we performed a co-evolutionary analysis of mischiviruses and their hosts, to authentically reveal evolutionary patterns within this genus. Based on this analysis, we enlarged the dataset, and examined the co-evolutionary history of all bat-related picornaviruses including their hosts, to effectively compile all possible species jumping events during their evolution. Furthermore, we explored the phylogeny association with geographical location, host-genus and host-species in both data sets.

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Title
Genetic characterization of a novel picornavirus in Algerian bats: co-evolution analysis of bat-related picornaviruses
Author
Zeghbib, Safia 1 ; Herczeg, Róbert 2 ; Kemenesi, Gábor 1 ; Zana, Brigitta 1 ; Kurucz, Kornélia 1 ; Urbán, Péter 2 ; Madai, Mónika 1 ; Földes, Fanni 1 ; Papp, Henrietta 1 ; Somogyi, Balázs 1 ; Jakab, Ferenc 1 

 Virological Research Group, BSL-4 Laboratory, Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary 
 Bioinformatics Research Group, Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary 
Pages
1-12
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Oct 2019
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2311008066
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.