Walna Micaelle de Moraes Pires, Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz, Alex Junior Souza de Souza, Sandro Patroca Silva, Taciana Fernandes Souza Barbosa Coelho, Daniel Damous Dias, José Wilson Rosa Júnior, Samira Brito Mendes, Elmary da Costa Fraga, Maria Claudene Barros, Iracilda Sampaio
Bats are efficient reservoirs of a number of viruses with zoonotic potential, and are involved directly in the transmission cycle of many zoonoses. In the present study, which is part of a larger project that is documenting the viromes of the bat species found in the Mid-North states of Maranhão and Piauí, we analyzed 16 pooled samples obtained from four species of bat of the genus Artibeus-Artibeus obscurus, Artibeus cinereus, Artibeus lituratus and Artibeus planirostris. We describe and identify a Hepatovirus, denominated Hepatovirus H isolate sotense, which was found in a pool of internal organs (liver and lungs) extracted from a specimen of A...
April 5, 2024: Scientific Reports