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. 2017 Dec;98(12):3046-3059.
doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000969.

Bats host diverse parvoviruses as possible origin of mammalian dependoparvoviruses and source for bat-swine interspecies transmission

Susanna K P Lau  1   2   3   4 , Syed Shakeel Ahmed  2 , Hoi-Wah Tsoi  2 , Hazel C Yeung  2 , Kenneth S M Li  2 , Rachel Y Y Fan  2 , Pyrear S H Zhao  2 , Candy C C Lau  2 , Carol S F Lam  2 , Kelvin K F Choi  2 , Ben C H Chan  2 , Jian-Piao Cai  2 , Samson S Y Wong  3   2   1   4 , Honglin Chen  1   2   3   4 , Hai-Lin Zhang  5   6 , Libiao Zhang  7   8   9 , Ming Wang  10 , Patrick C Y Woo  4   3   2   1 , Kwok-Yung Yuen  2   1   4   3
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Bats host diverse parvoviruses as possible origin of mammalian dependoparvoviruses and source for bat-swine interspecies transmission

Susanna K P Lau et al. J Gen Virol. 2017 Dec.

Abstract

Compared to the enormous species diversity of bats, relatively few parvoviruses have been reported. We detected diverse and potentially novel parvoviruses from bats in Hong Kong and mainland China. Parvoviruses belonging to Amdoparvovirus, Bocaparvovirus and Dependoparvovirus were detected in alimentary, liver and spleen samples from 16 different chiropteran species of five families by PCR. Phylogenetic analysis of partial helicase sequences showed that they potentially belonged to 25 bocaparvovirus, three dependoparvovirus and one amdoparvovirus species. Nearly complete genome sequencing confirmed the existence of at least four novel bat bocaparvovirus species (Rp-BtBoV1 and Rp-BtBoV2 from Rhinolophus pusillus, Rs-BtBoV2 from Rhinolophus sinicus and Rol-BtBoV1 from Rousettus leschenaultii) and two novel bat dependoparvovirus species (Rp-BtAAV1 from Rhinolophus pusillus and Rs-BtAAV1 from Rhinolophus sinicus). Rs-BtBoV2 was closely related to Ungulate bocaparvovirus 5 with 93, 72.1 and 78.7 % amino acid identities in the NS1, NP1 and VP1/VP2 genes, respectively. The detection of bat bocaparvoviruses, including Rs-BtBoV2, closely related to porcine bocaparvoviruses, suggests recent interspecies transmission of bocaparvoviruses between bats and swine. Moreover, Rp-BtAAV1 and Rs-BtAAV1 were most closely related to human AAV1 with 48.7 and 57.5 % amino acid identities in the rep gene. The phylogenetic relationship between BtAAVs and other mammalian AAVs suggests bats as the ancestral origin of mammalian AAVs. Furthermore, parvoviruses of the same species were detected from multiple bat species or families, supporting the ability of bat parvoviruses to cross species barriers. The results extend our knowledge on the diversity of bat parvoviruses and the role of bats in parvovirus evolution and emergence in humans and animals.

Keywords: bat; diverse; interspecies; novel; parvovirus; transmission.

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