Novel polyomaviruses in South American bats and their relationship to other members of the family Polyomaviridae | Zendy

Zahra Fagrouch | Zendy; Roya Sarwari | Zendy; Anne Lavergne | Zendy; Marguerite Delaval | Zendy; Benoı̂t de Thoisy | Zendy; Vincent Lacoste | Zendy; Ernst J. Verschoor | Zendy

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Novel polyomaviruses in South American bats and their relationship to other members of the family Polyomaviridae

Author(s) -

Zahra Fagrouch,

Roya Sarwari,

Anne Lavergne,

Marguerite Delaval,

Benoı̂t de Thoisy,

Vincent Lacoste,

Ernst J. Verschoor

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of general virology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55

H-Index - 167

eISSN - 1465-2099

pISSN - 0022-1317

DOI - 10.1099/vir.0.044149-0

Subject(s) - biology , merkel cell polyomavirus , phylogenetic tree , phylogenetics , zoology , natural reservoir , genome , virology , rodent , genus , virus , merkel cell carcinoma , genetics , gene , ecology , carcinoma

Bats are the natural reservoir of a variety of viruses, including a polyomavirus (PyV) from a North American brown bat. We investigated 163 spleen samples from 22 bat species from French Guiana for the presence of PyVs. In total, we detected 25 PyV-positive animals belonging to nine different bat species. Phylogenetic analysis was performed on the genomes of eight representative PyVs, and showed that the bat PyVs form three distinct lineages within the genus Orthopolyomavirus and are genetically different from the previously described North American bat virus. Interestingly, two lineages cluster with PyVs found in chimpanzees, orangutans and gorillas. In addition, one group of bat PyVs is genetically related to the human Merkel cell polyomavirus.

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