title: Detection of novel adenoviruses in fecal specimens from rodents and shrews in southern China.
abstract: The prevalence and phylogenetic characteristics of AdVs in rodents and shrews in China are still unknown. To explore the epidemiological characteristics of rodent and shrew AdVs in southern China, 255 fecal samples derived from four rodent species and 90 from shrews were collected in Xiamen and Guangzhou city of southern China. Amplification of a 314-324-bp fragment from the DNA polymerase gene of AdVs was attempted by using a nested PCR. Twenty-nine (11.4 %) specimens from rodents and one (1.1 %) specimen from shrews were tested positive for AdVs. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that nine samples from Rattus norvegicus in Guangzhou city between 2012 and 2013 might be the genuine AdV of R. norvegicus. The same putative AdV sequences were derived from samples of different host species from different/same places. A novel adenovirus was detected in Suncus murinus Linnaeus (SML/14GDGZ72) for the first time. Our findings provide new data on the prevalence and diversity of AdVs in rodents and shrews.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No.1838 of Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Xue-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No.1838 of Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: Xiamen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: Xue-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Ke
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Wei-Jie
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioinformatics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Jin-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No.1838 of Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Shu-Ting
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No.1838 of Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Shao-Wei
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No.1838 of Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Xue-Shan
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou Yuexiu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No.1838 of Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Yi-Quan
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No.1838 of Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No.1838 of Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. qch.2009@163.com.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000235:genetics; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D051379:Mice; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D051381:Rats; D012377:Rodentia / Q000821:virology*; D012788:Shrews / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
keywords: Adenovirus; Phylogeny; Rodent; Shrew; Southern China