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JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY
Volume 95, Issue -, Pages 325-330Publisher
MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.058404-0
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT)
- Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan
- Japan Initiative for Global Research Network of Infectious Diseases (J-GRID), MEXT, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI [24405043]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24405043, 24780279] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Rodents and shrews are known to harbour various viruses. Paramyxoviruses have been isolated from Asian and Australian rodents, but little is known about them in African rodents. Recently, previously unknown paramyxovirus sequences were found in South African rodents. To date, there have been no reports related to the presence and prevalence of paramyxoviruses in shrews. We found a high prevalence of paramyxoviruses in wild rodents and shrews from Zambia. Seminested reverse transcription-PCR assays were used to detect paramyxovirus RNA in 21% (96/ 462) of specimens analysed. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that these viruses were novel paramyxoviruses and could be classified as morbillivirus- and henipavirus-related viruses, and previously identified rodent paramyxovirus-related viruses. Our findings suggest the circulation of previously unknown paramyxoviruses in African rodents and shrews, and provide new information regarding the geographical distribution and genetic diversity of paramyxoviruses.
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