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Review
. 2023 Dec 1;206(1):9.
doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03732-4.

RNA virus diversity in rodents

Yayu Fan  1 , Yutong Hou  1 , Qian Li  1 , Ziqin Dian  2 , Binghui Wang  3 , Xueshan Xia  4
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Review

RNA virus diversity in rodents

Yayu Fan et al. Arch Microbiol. .

Abstract

Many zoonotic disease emergencies are associated with RNA viruses in rodents that substantially impact public health. With the widespread application of meta-genomics and meta-transcriptomics for virus discovery over the last decade, viral sequences deposited in public databases have expanded rapidly, and the number of novel viruses discovered in rodents has increased. As important reservoirs of zoonotic viruses, rodents have attracted increasing attention for the risk of potential spillover of rodent-borne viruses. However, knowledge of rodent viral diversity and the major factors contributing to the risk of zoonotic epidemic outbreaks remains limited. Therefore, this study analyzes the diversity and composition of rodent RNA viruses using virus records from the Database of Rodent-associated Viruses (DRodVir/ZOVER), which covers the published literatures and records in GenBank database, reviews the main rodent RNA virus-induced human infectious diseases, and discusses potential challenges in this field.

Keywords: Diversity; RNA virus; Reservoir host; Rodents; Zoonotic disease.

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