Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing
Reindeer husbandry is essential for the livelihood and culture of indigenous people in the Arctic. Parts of the herding areas are also used as pastures for farm animals, facilitating potential transmission of viruses between species. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, viruses circulating in the wild a...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/21705 2023-05-15T15:08:27+02:00 Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing Sanchez Romano, Javier Omazic, Anna Leijon, Mikael Hagström, Åsa Tryland, Morten Kantanen, Juha Reilas, Tiina Rockström, Ulrika Fedorov, Valery Albihn, Ann 2021-06-18 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21705 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126561 eng eng MDPI International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) Framsenteret: 362256 Nordforsk: 76413 Sanchez Romano, Omazic, Leijon, Hagström, Tryland, Kantanen, Reilas, Rockström, Fedorov, Albihn. Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 2021;18(12) FRIDAID 1916745 doi:10.3390/ijerph18126561 1661-7827 1660-4601 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21705 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) Reinsdyr / Reindeer Virologi / Virology VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126561 2021-07-07T22:52:38Z Reindeer husbandry is essential for the livelihood and culture of indigenous people in the Arctic. Parts of the herding areas are also used as pastures for farm animals, facilitating potential transmission of viruses between species. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, viruses circulating in the wild are receiving increased attention, since they might pose a potential threat to human health. Climate change will influence the prevalence of infectious diseases of both humans and animals. The aim of this study was to detect known and previously unknown viruses in Eurasian tundra reindeer. In total, 623 nasal and 477 rectal swab samples were collected from reindeer herds in Fennoscandia, Iceland, and Eastern Russia during 2016–2019. Next-generation sequencing analysis and BLAST-homology searches indicated the presence of viruses of domesticated and wild animals, such as bovine viral diarrhea virus, bovine papillomavirus, alcephaline herpesvirus 1 and 2, deer mastadenovirus B, bovine rotavirus, and roe deer picobirnavirus. Several viral species previously found in reindeer and some novel species were detected, although the clinical relevance of these viruses in reindeer is largely unknown. These results indicate that it should be possible to find emerging viruses of relevance for both human and animal health using reindeer as a sentinel species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Fennoscandia Human health Iceland reindeer husbandry Reinsdyr Tundra University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 12 6561 |
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Reindeer husbandry is essential for the livelihood and culture of indigenous people in the Arctic. Parts of the herding areas are also used as pastures for farm animals, facilitating potential transmission of viruses between species. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, viruses circulating in the wild are receiving increased attention, since they might pose a potential threat to human health. Climate change will influence the prevalence of infectious diseases of both humans and animals. The aim of this study was to detect known and previously unknown viruses in Eurasian tundra reindeer. In total, 623 nasal and 477 rectal swab samples were collected from reindeer herds in Fennoscandia, Iceland, and Eastern Russia during 2016–2019. Next-generation sequencing analysis and BLAST-homology searches indicated the presence of viruses of domesticated and wild animals, such as bovine viral diarrhea virus, bovine papillomavirus, alcephaline herpesvirus 1 and 2, deer mastadenovirus B, bovine rotavirus, and roe deer picobirnavirus. Several viral species previously found in reindeer and some novel species were detected, although the clinical relevance of these viruses in reindeer is largely unknown. These results indicate that it should be possible to find emerging viruses of relevance for both human and animal health using reindeer as a sentinel species. |
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Sanchez Romano, Javier Omazic, Anna Leijon, Mikael Hagström, Åsa Tryland, Morten Kantanen, Juha Reilas, Tiina Rockström, Ulrika Fedorov, Valery Albihn, Ann |
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Sanchez Romano, Javier Omazic, Anna Leijon, Mikael Hagström, Åsa Tryland, Morten Kantanen, Juha Reilas, Tiina Rockström, Ulrika Fedorov, Valery Albihn, Ann |
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Sanchez Romano, Javier |
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Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing |
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Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing |
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Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing |
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Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing |
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Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing |
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screening of eurasian tundra reindeer for viral sequences by next-generation sequencing |
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Arctic Climate change Fennoscandia Human health Iceland reindeer husbandry Reinsdyr Tundra |
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Arctic Climate change Fennoscandia Human health Iceland reindeer husbandry Reinsdyr Tundra |
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) Framsenteret: 362256 Nordforsk: 76413 Sanchez Romano, Omazic, Leijon, Hagström, Tryland, Kantanen, Reilas, Rockström, Fedorov, Albihn. Screening of Eurasian Tundra Reindeer for Viral Sequences by Next-Generation Sequencing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 2021;18(12) FRIDAID 1916745 doi:10.3390/ijerph18126561 1661-7827 1660-4601 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21705 |
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