Bat adenovirus TJM

Bat adenovirus TJM
Transmission electron micrograph of two adenovirus particles
Virus classification
Group: Group I (dsDNA)
Order: Unassigned
Family: Adenoviridae
Genus:
Type species
Bat adenovirus A
Species

Bat adenovirus TJM

Bat adenovirus TJM (Bt-AdV-TJM) is a novel species of the Mastadenovirus genus of the family Adenoviridae.[1] It is a double stranded DNA virus with no RNA sequence. The designation TJM refers to the strain as there are several species of Bat adenoviruses in three groups 1, 2, and 3.

Virology

Bt-AdV-TJM is most closely related to the tree shrew and canine AdVs. Its genome consists of 30 putative genes exhibiting wide genetic diversity among bat species and within the same species harboring AdVs.

Reservoir

Bt-AdV-TJM was first isolated from Myotis and Scotophilus kuhlii bats in Beijing, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan provinces in China in 2007 and 2008.[2]

Transmission

Transmission between same species is believed to be by droplet respiration and aersolization of salvia, urine and feces in closed environments such as caves and other bat roosts. Genomic analysis suggests canine adenoviruses may have originated from bites by vespertilionid bats.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chen, LH; Wu, ZQ; Hu, YF; et al. (2012). "[Genetic diversity of adenoviruses in bats in China]". Bing Du Xue Bao. 28 (4): 403–8.
  2. ↑ Li, Y; Ge, X; Zhang, H; Zhou, P; Zhu, Y; Zhang, Y; Yuan, J; Wang, LF; Shi, Z (Apr 2010). "Host range, prevalence, and genetic diversity of adenoviruses in bats". J Virol. 84 (8): 3889–97. doi:10.1128/JVI.02497-09.
  3. ↑ Kohla, Claudia; Vidovszkyb, Márton Z.; Mühldorferc, Kristin; et al. (2012). "Genome Analysis of Bat Adenovirus 2: Indications of Interspecies Transmission". J. Virology. 86 (3): 1888–1892. doi:10.1128/jvi.05974-11.

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