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Discovery and Prevalence of Divergent RNA Viruses in European Field Voles and Rabbits

Tsoleridis, Theocharis; Chappell, Joseph G.; Monchatre-Leroy, Elodie; Umhang, G�rald; Shi, Mang; Bennett, Malcolm; Tarlinton, Rachael E.; McClure, C. Patrick; Holmes, Edward C.; Ball, Jonathan K.

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Authors

Theocharis Tsoleridis

Elodie Monchatre-Leroy

G�rald Umhang

Mang Shi

Edward C. Holmes

JONATHAN BALL jonathan.ball@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Molecular Virology



Abstract

The advent of unbiased metagenomic virus discovery has revolutionized studies of virus biodiversity and evolution. Despite this, our knowledge of the virosphere, including in mammalian species, remains limited. We used unbiased metagenomic sequencing to identify RNA viruses in European field voles and rabbits. Accordingly, we identified a number of novel RNA viruses including astrovirus, rotavirus A, picorna-like virus and a morbilli-like paramyxovirus. In addition, we identified a sobemovirus and a novel luteovirus that likely originated from the rabbit diet. These newly discovered viruses were often divergent from those previously described. The novel astrovirus was most closely related to a virus sampled from the rodent-eating European roller bird (Coracias garrulous). PCR screening revealed that the novel morbilli-like paramyxovirus in the UK field vole had a prevalence of approximately 4%, and shared common ancestry with other rodent morbilli-like viruses sampled globally. Two novel rotavirus A sequences were detected in a UK field vole and a French rabbit, the latter with a prevalence of 5%. Finally, a highly divergent picorna-like virus found in the gut of the French rabbit virus was only ~35% similar to an arilivirus at the amino acid level, suggesting the presence of a novel viral genus within the Picornaviridae.

Citation

Tsoleridis, T., Chappell, J. G., Monchatre-Leroy, E., Umhang, G., Shi, M., Bennett, M., …Ball, J. K. (2019). Discovery and Prevalence of Divergent RNA Viruses in European Field Voles and Rabbits. Viruses, 12(1), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12010047

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 27, 2019
Online Publication Date Dec 31, 2019
Publication Date Dec 31, 2019
Deposit Date Jan 9, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Viruses
Electronic ISSN 1999-4915
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 12
Issue 1
Article Number 47
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/v12010047
Keywords Virology; Infectious Diseases
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3663720
Publisher URL https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/1/47

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