Journal
VIRUS GENES
Volume 54, Issue 6, Pages 823-827Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11262-018-1603-y
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Indonesia; Pteropine orthoreovirus; Pteropus vampyrus; Phylogenetic analysis; PCR
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- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) within the framework of Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS)
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Flying foxes belonging to the genus Pteropus are known to be reservoirs of zoonotic viruses. In this study, we describe the isolation of Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV) from rectal swab samples of Pteropus vampyrus in Indonesia. PRV is an emerging zoonotic respiratory virus that can be transmitted from bats to humans. Rectal swabs (n=91) were screened by PCR for PRV and 10 (11%) were positive. Phylogenetic analysis based on nucleotide sequences indicated that the S2, S3, S4, M3, L2, and L3 segments of one isolate (Garut-69) were closely related to previously isolated strains in Indonesia. The remaining gene segments showed both similarity and genetic divergence with other PRV strains, suggesting that re-assortment events had occurred. This is the first report of PRV infection to P. vampyrus in West Java, Indonesia.
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