Comparative analysis of rodent and small mammal viromes to better understand the wildlife origin of emerging infectious diseases

Comparative analysis of rodent and small mammal viromes to better understand the wildlife origin of emerging infectious diseases

Abstract Background Rodents represent around 43% of all mammalian species, are widely distributed, and are the natural reservoirs of a diverse group of zoonotic viruses, including hantaviruses, Lassa viruses, and tick-borne encephalitis viruses. Thus, analyzing the viral diversity harbored by rodent...

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Main Authors: Zhiqiang Wu, Liang Lu, Jiang Du, Li Yang, Xianwen Ren, Bo Liu, Jinyong Jiang, Jian Yang, Jie Dong, Lilian Sun, Yafang Zhu, Yuhui Li, Dandan Zheng, Chi Zhang, Haoxiang Su, Yuting Zheng, Hongning Zhou, Guangjian Zhu, Hongying Li, Aleksei Chmura, Fan Yang, Peter Daszak, Jianwei Wang, Qiyong Liu, Qi Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
Rodents
Small mammals
Virome
Viral evolution
Emerging infectious diseases
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0554-9

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