Novel betaherpesvirus in bats.
Because bats are associated with emerging zoonoses, identification and characterization of novel viruses from bats is needed. Using a modified rapid determination system for viral RNA/DNA sequences, we identified a novel bat betaherpesvirus 2 not detected by herpesvirus consensus PCR. This modified system is useful for detecting unknown viruses.
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Shumpei
S
Watanabe
Ken
K
Maeda
Kazuo
K
Suzuki
Naoya
N
Ueda
Koichiro
K
Iha
Satoshi
S
Taniguchi
Hiroshi
H
Shimoda
Kentaro
K
Kato
Yasuhiro
Y
Yoshikawa
Shigeru
S
Morikawa
Ichiro
I
Kurane
Hiroomi
H
Akashi
Tetsuya
T
Mizutani
D000818:Animals; D018141:Betaherpesvirinae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000821:virology
D004279:DNA, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral