title: Genetic diversity and recombination within bufaviruses: Detection of a novel strain in Hungarian bats.
abstract: Bats are important hosts of many viruses and in several cases they may serve as natural reservoirs even for viruses with zoonotic potential worldwide, including Europe. However, they also serve as natural reservoir for other virus groups with important evolutionary relevance and yet unknown zoonotic potential. We performed viral metagenomic analyses on Miniopterus schreibersii bat fecal samples. As a result, a novel parvovirus was detected for the first time in European bats. Although, bufavirus was recently discovered as a novel human infecting parvovirus, here we report sequence data of the first bufavirus from European bats related to human bufaviruses. Based on our sequence data a possible intragenic recombination event was detected within bufaviruses which may serves as an important milestone in their evolution.
authors.affiliation: Virological Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kemenesi
authors.affiliation: Virological Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Bianka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dallos
authors.affiliation: Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Görföl
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary.
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Estók
authors.affiliation: Aggtelek National Park Directorate, Jósvafő, Hungary.
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boldogh
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Kornélia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurucz
authors.affiliation: Virological Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Miklós
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oldal
authors.affiliation: Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Szilvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marton
authors.affiliation: Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Krisztián
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bányai
authors.affiliation: Virological Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary. Electronic address: jakabf@gamma.ttk.pte.hu.
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jakab
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000818:Animals; D002043:Bunyaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016679:Genome, Viral; D056186:Metagenomics; D010802:Phylogeny; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins
keywords: Bat; Bufavirus; Hungary; Metagenomics; Parvovirus; Viruses