title: Isolation of a novel adenovirus from Rousettus leschenaultii bats from India.
abstract: Surveillance work was initiated to study the presence of highly infectious diseases like Ebola-Reston, Marburg, Nipah and other possible viruses that are known to be found in the bat species and responsible for causing diseases in humans. A novel adenovirus was isolated from a common species of fruit bat (Rousettus leschenaultii) captured in Maharashtra State, India. Partial sequence analysis of the DNA polymerase gene shows this isolate to be a newly recognized member of the genus Mastadenovirus (family Adenoviridae), approximately 20% divergent at the nucleotide level from Japanese BatAdV, its closest known relative.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Containment Complex, National Institute of Virology, Pune, India.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Raut
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Towner
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Amman
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sivaram
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nichol
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Mourya
mesh_terms: D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D007194:India; D017921:Mastadenovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase