Hantavirus Brno loanvirus is highly specific to the common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) and widespread in Central Europe. ...

• Main Authors: Dafalla, Maysaa, Orłowska, Anna, Keleş, Sinan Julian, Straková, Petra, Schlottau, Kore, Jeske, Kathrin, Hoffmann, Bernd, Wibbelt, Gudrun, Smreczak, Marcin, Müller, Thomas, Freuling, Conrad Martin, Wang, Xuejing, Rola, Jerzy, Drewes, Stephan, Fereidouni, Sasan, Heckel, Gerald, Ulrich, Rainer G
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nijhoff 2022
• Subjects: 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie; Nyctalus noctula
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48350/176332; https://boris.unibe.ch/176332/

Bat-associated hantaviruses have been detected in Asia, Africa and Europe. Recently, a novel hantavirus (Brno loanvirus, BRNV) was identified in common noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) in the Czech Republic, but nothing is known about its geographical range and prevalence. The objective of this study was to evaluate the distribution and host specificity of BRNV by testing bats from neighbouring countries Germany, Austria and Poland. One thousand forty-seven bats representing 21 species from Germany, 464 bats representing 18 species from Austria and 77 bats representing 12 species from Poland were screened by L segment broad-spectrum nested reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or by BRNV-specific real-time RT-PCR. Three common noctules from Germany, one common noctule from Austria and three common noctules from Poland were positive in the hantavirus RNA screening. Conventional RT-PCR and primer walking resulted in the amplification of partial L segment and (almost) complete S and M segment ...