Genomic Characterization of the Genus Nairovirus (Family Bunyaviridae) ...

• Main Authors: Kuhn, Jens H., Wiley, Michael R., Rodriguez, Sergio E., Bào, Yīmíng, Prieto, Karla, Travassos da Rosa, Amelia P. A., Guzman, Hilda, Savji, Nazir, Ladner, Jason T., Tesh, Robert B., Wada, Jiro, Jahrling, Peter B., Bente, Dennis A., Palacios, Gustavo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Bunyaviridae; Dera Ghazi Khan virus; Erve virus; Ganjam virus; Hughes virus; Qalyub virus; Sakhalin virus; Tunis virus; bunyavirus; nairovirus; virus classification; virus taxonomy; Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13530410; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13530410

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Nairovirus, one of five bunyaviral genera, includes seven species. Genomic sequence information is limited for members of the Dera Ghazi Khan, Hughes, Qalyub, Sakhalin, and Thiafora nairovirus species. We used next-generation sequencing and historical virus-culture samples to determine 14 complete and nine coding-complete nairoviral genome sequences to further characterize these species. Previously unsequenced viruses include Abu Mina, Clo Mor, Great Saltee, Hughes, Raza, Sakhalin, Soldado, and Tillamook viruses. In addition, we present genomic sequence information on additional isolates of previously sequenced Avalon, Dugbe, Sapphire II, and Zirqa viruses. Finally, we identify Tunis virus, previously thought to be a phlebovirus, as an isolate of Abu Hammad virus. Phylogenetic analyses indicate the need for reassignment of Sapphire II virus to Dera Ghazi Khan nairovirus and reassignment of Hazara, Tofla, and Nairobi sheep disease viruses to novel species. We ...