Youyou Li, Chuanning Tang, Yun Zhang, Zihan Li, Gaoyu Wang, Ruoyan Peng, Yi Huang, Xiaoyuan Hu, Henan Xin, Boxuan Feng, Xuefang Cao, Yongpeng He, Tonglei Guo, Yijun He, Haoxiang Su, Xiuji Cui, Lina Niu, Zhiqiang Wu, Jian Yang, Fan Yang, Gang Lu, Lei Gao, Qi Jin, Meifang Xiao, Feifei Yin, Jiang Du
The risk of emerging infectious diseases (EID) is increasing globally. More than 60% of EIDs worldwide are caused by animal-borne pathogens. This study aimed to characterize the virome, analyze the phylogenetic evolution, and determine the diversity of rodent-borne viruses in Hainan Province, China. We collected 682 anal and throat samples from rodents, combined them into 28 pools according to their species and location, and processed them for next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics analysis. The diverse viral contigs closely related to mammals were assigned to 22 viral families...
August 10, 2023: Virologica Sinica