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Froidevaux JSP, Toshkova N, Barbaro L, Benítez-López A, Kerbiriou C, Le Viol I, Pacifici M, Santini L, Stawski C, Russo D, Dekker J, Alberdi A, Amorim F, Ancillotto L, Barré K, Bas Y, Cantú-Salazar L, Dechmann DKN, Devaux T, Eldegard K, Fereidouni S, Furmankiewicz J, Hamidovic D, Hill DL, Ibáñez C, Julien JF, Juste J, Kaňuch P, Korine C, Laforge A, Legras G, Leroux C, Lesiński G, Mariton L, Marmet J, Mata VA, Mifsud CM, Nistreanu V, Novella-Fernandez R, Rebelo H, Roche N, Roemer C, Ruczyński I, Sørås R, Uhrin M, Vella A, Voigt CC, Razgour O. A species-level trait dataset of bats in Europe and beyond. Sci Data 2023; 10:253. [PMID: 37137926 PMCID: PMC10156679 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02157-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Knowledge of species' functional traits is essential for understanding biodiversity patterns, predicting the impacts of global environmental changes, and assessing the efficiency of conservation measures. Bats are major components of mammalian diversity and occupy a variety of ecological niches and geographic distributions. However, an extensive compilation of their functional traits and ecological attributes is still missing. Here we present EuroBaTrait 1.0, the most comprehensive and up-to-date trait dataset covering 47 European bat species. The dataset includes data on 118 traits including genetic composition, physiology, morphology, acoustic signature, climatic associations, foraging habitat, roost type, diet, spatial behaviour, life history, pathogens, phenology, and distribution. We compiled the bat trait data obtained from three main sources: (i) a systematic literature and dataset search, (ii) unpublished data from European bat experts, and (iii) observations from large-scale monitoring programs. EuroBaTrait is designed to provide an important data source for comparative and trait-based analyses at the species or community level. The dataset also exposes knowledge gaps in species, geographic and trait coverage, highlighting priorities for future data collection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jérémy S P Froidevaux
- University of Stirling, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, FK9 4LJ, Stirling, UK.
- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France.
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, BS8 1TQ, Bristol, UK.
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1000, Sofia, Bulgaria
- National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
- DYNAFOR, INRAE-INPT, University of Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
- Department of Zoology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NO-7491, Norway
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, 4558, Australia
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- Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Evolution (AnEcoEvo), Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, via Università, 100, 80055, Portici (Napoli), Italy.
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- Jasja Dekker Dierecologie BV, Arnhem, the Netherlands
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- Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Evolution (AnEcoEvo), Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, via Università, 100, 80055, Portici (Napoli), Italy
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
- CEFE, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Environmental Research and Innovation, 41 rue du Brill, L-4422, Belvaux, Luxemburg
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Department of Migration, Am Obstberg 1, 78315, Radolfzell, Germany
- University of Konstanz, Department of Biology, Universitätsstr. 10, 78464, Konstanz, Germany
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432, Ås, Norway
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- Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Behavioural Ecology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Institute for Environment and Nature, Radnička cesta 80, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia
- Croatian Biospeleological Society, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- Department Evolutionary Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
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- Department Evolutionary Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, 28220, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen, Slovakia
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- Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 8499000, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
- Auddicé Biodiversité- ZAC du Chevalement, 5 rue des Molettes, 59286, Roost-Warendin, France
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- Institute of Animal Science, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Ciszewskiego 8, 02-787, Warsaw, Poland
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, MNHN, IRD, 61 Rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Conservation Biology Research Group, Biology Department, University of Malta, MSD2080, Msida, Malta
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- Technical University of Munich, Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department for Life Science Systems, School of Life Sciences, Freising, Germany
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- ESS, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Campus do IPS - Estefanilha, 2910-761, Setúbal, Portugal
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- Bat Conservation Ireland, Carmichael House, 4-7, North Brunswick Street, Dublin, D07 RHA8, Ireland
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne-Université, 29900 Concarneau, 75005, Paris, France
- CEFE, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Stoczek 1, 17-230, Białowieża, Poland
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NO-7491, Norway
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- Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, P. J, Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovakia
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- Conservation Biology Research Group, Biology Department, University of Malta, MSD2080, Msida, Malta
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- Department Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17, 10315, Berlin, Germany
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Streatham Campus, Hatherly Laboratories, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4PS, UK.
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Cameron KN, Mombouli JV, Niama FR, Hayes B, Olson SH, Smith BR, Pante J, Roy S, Laudisoit A, Goldstein T, Joly DO, Bagamboula MPassi R, Lange CE. Orbivirus RNA in a Banana Serotine (Afronycteris nanus) Bat in the Republic of the Congo. ECOHEALTH 2022; 19:443-449. [PMID: 36629956 PMCID: PMC9838363 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-022-01619-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Orbiviruses are arthropod borne viruses of vertebrates, with some of them being important pathogens of veterinary, conservation and economic importance, while others are occasionally associated with human disease. Some apparently bat specific orbiviruses have been detected, but little is known about their distribution and diversity. We thus sampled and screened 52 bats living in the Congo Basin, and detected RNA indicative of a novel orbivirus in a single banana serotine (Afronycteris nanus) by PCR. The detected RNA clusters with epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus, bluetongue virus, and others. The findings highlight the need for more studies into arbovirus presence and diversity in bat species.
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- Kenneth N Cameron
- Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, USA
- Unites States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bailey's Crossroads, VA, USA
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- National Laboratory of Public Health, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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- Monadh, Inveruglas, Kingussie, Inverness-Shire, UK
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- One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Labyrinth Global Health, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
- University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, USA
- British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Labyrinth Global Health, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.
- Metabiota Inc, Nanaimo, BC, Canada.
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Parma DF, Vaz MGMV, Falquetto P, Silva JC, Clarindo WR, Westhoff P, van Velzen R, Schlüter U, Araújo WL, Schranz ME, Weber APM, Nunes-Nesi A. New Insights Into the Evolution of C 4 Photosynthesis Offered by the Tarenaya Cluster of Cleomaceae. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 12:756505. [PMID: 35116048 PMCID: PMC8803641 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.756505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
Cleomaceae is closely related to Brassicaceae and includes C3, C3-C4, and C4 species. Thus, this family represents an interesting system for studying the evolution of the carbon concentrating mechanism. However, inadequate genetic information on Cleomaceae limits their research applications. Here, we characterized 22 Cleomaceae accessions [3 genera (Cleoserrata, Gynandropsis, and Tarenaya) and 11 species] in terms of genome size; molecular phylogeny; as well as anatomical, biochemical, and photosynthetic traits. We clustered the species into seven groups based on genome size. Interestingly, despite clear differences in genome size (2C, ranging from 0.55 to 1.3 pg) in Tarenaya spp., this variation was not consistent with phylogenetic grouping based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) marker, suggesting the occurrence of multiple polyploidy events within this genus. Moreover, only G. gynandra, which possesses a large nuclear genome, exhibited the C4 metabolism. Among the C3-like species, we observed intra- and interspecific variation in nuclear genome size as well as in biochemical, physiological, and anatomical traits. Furthermore, the C3-like species had increased venation density and bundle sheath cell size, compared to C4 species, which likely predisposed the former lineages to C4 photosynthesis. Accordingly, our findings demonstrate the potential of Cleomaceae, mainly members of Tarenaya, in offering novel insights into the evolution of C4 photosynthesis.
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- Daniele F. Parma
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Plant Metabolism and Metabolomics Laboratory, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Science, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Science, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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Albery GF, Becker DJ, Brierley L, Brook CE, Christofferson RC, Cohen LE, Dallas TA, Eskew EA, Fagre A, Farrell MJ, Glennon E, Guth S, Joseph MB, Mollentze N, Neely BA, Poisot T, Rasmussen AL, Ryan SJ, Seifert S, Sjodin AR, Sorrell EM, Carlson CJ. The science of the host-virus network. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:1483-1492. [PMID: 34819645 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-00999-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
Better methods to predict and prevent the emergence of zoonotic viruses could support future efforts to reduce the risk of epidemics. We propose a network science framework for understanding and predicting human and animal susceptibility to viral infections. Related approaches have so far helped to identify basic biological rules that govern cross-species transmission and structure the global virome. We highlight ways to make modelling both accurate and actionable, and discuss the barriers that prevent researchers from translating viral ecology into public health policies that could prevent future pandemics.
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- Gregory F Albery
- Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Biology, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Disease Dynamics Unit, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Earth Lab, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.,MRC - University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Québec Centre for Biodiversity Sciences, Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
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- Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. .,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
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Sterner B, Elliott S, Upham N, Franz N. Bats, objectivity, and viral spillover risk. HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES 2021; 43:7. [PMID: 33439354 PMCID: PMC7805256 DOI: 10.1007/s40656-021-00366-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
What should the best practices be for modeling zoonotic disease risks, e.g. to anticipate the next pandemic, when background assumptions are unsettled or evolving rapidly? This challenge runs deeper than one might expect, all the way into how we model the robustness of contemporary phylogenetic inference and taxonomic classifications. Different and legitimate taxonomic assumptions can destabilize the putative objectivity of zoonotic risk assessments, thus potentially supporting inconsistent and overconfident policy decisions.
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- Beckett Sterner
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA.
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- Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
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Worsley-Tonks KEL, Escobar LE, Biek R, Castaneda-Guzman M, Craft ME, Streicker DG, White LA, Fountain-Jones NM. Using host traits to predict reservoir host species of rabies virus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008940. [PMID: 33290391 PMCID: PMC7748407 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Wildlife are important reservoirs for many pathogens, yet the role that different species play in pathogen maintenance frequently remains unknown. This is the case for rabies, a viral disease of mammals. While Carnivora (carnivores) and Chiroptera (bats) are the canonical mammalian orders known to be responsible for the maintenance and onward transmission of rabies Lyssavirus (RABV), the role of most species within these orders remains unknown and is continually changing as a result of contemporary host shifting. We combined a trait-based analytical approach with gradient boosting machine learning models to identify physiological and ecological host features associated with being a reservoir for RABV. We then used a cooperative game theory approach to determine species-specific traits associated with known RABV reservoirs. Being a carnivore reservoir for RABV was associated with phylogenetic similarity to known RABV reservoirs, along with other traits such as having larger litters and earlier sexual maturity. For bats, location in the Americas and geographic range were the most important predictors of RABV reservoir status, along with having a large litter. Our models identified 44 carnivore and 34 bat species that are currently not recognized as RABV reservoirs, but that have trait profiles suggesting their capacity to be or become reservoirs. Further, our findings suggest that potential reservoir species among bats and carnivores occur both within and outside of areas with current RABV circulation. These results show the ability of a trait-based approach to detect potential reservoirs of infection and could inform rabies control programs and surveillance efforts by identifying the types of species and traits that facilitate RABV maintenance and transmission.
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- Katherine E. L. Worsley-Tonks
- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, University of Maryland, Annapolis, Maryland, United States of America
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Albery GF, Becker DJ. Fast-lived Hosts and Zoonotic Risk. Trends Parasitol 2020; 37:117-129. [PMID: 33214097 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Because most emerging human pathogens originate in mammals, many studies aim to identify host traits that determine the risk of sourcing zoonotic outbreaks. Studies regularly assert that 'fast-lived' mammal species exhibiting greater fecundity and shorter lifespans tend to host more zoonoses; however, the causes of this association remain poorly understood and they cover a range of immune and nonimmune mechanisms. We discuss these drivers in the context of evolutionary ecology and wildlife-human interactions. Ultimately, differentiating these mechanisms will require linking interspecific variation in life history with immunity, pathogen diversity, transmissibility, and zoonotic risk, and critical data gaps currently limit our ability to do so. We highlight sampling and analytical frameworks to address this gap and to better inform zoonotic reservoir prediction.
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- Gregory F Albery
- Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
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Bennett AJ, Paskey AC, Ebinger A, Pfaff F, Priemer G, Höper D, Breithaupt A, Heuser E, Ulrich RG, Kuhn JH, Bishop-Lilly KA, Beer M, Goldberg TL. Relatives of rubella virus in diverse mammals. Nature 2020; 586:424-428. [PMID: 33029010 PMCID: PMC7572621 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2812-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Since 1814, when rubella was first described, the origins of the disease and its causative agent, rubella virus (Matonaviridae: Rubivirus), have remained unclear1. Here we describe ruhugu virus and rustrela virus in Africa and Europe, respectively, which are, to our knowledge, the first known relatives of rubella virus. Ruhugu virus, which is the closest relative of rubella virus, was found in apparently healthy cyclops leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideros cyclops) in Uganda. Rustrela virus, which is an outgroup to the clade that comprises rubella and ruhugu viruses, was found in acutely encephalitic placental and marsupial animals at a zoo in Germany and in wild yellow-necked field mice (Apodemus flavicollis) at and near the zoo. Ruhugu and rustrela viruses share an identical genomic architecture with rubella virus2,3. The amino acid sequences of four putative B cell epitopes in the fusion (E1) protein of the rubella, ruhugu and rustrela viruses and two putative T cell epitopes in the capsid protein of the rubella and ruhugu viruses are moderately to highly conserved4-6. Modelling of E1 homotrimers in the post-fusion state predicts that ruhugu and rubella viruses have a similar capacity for fusion with the host-cell membrane5. Together, these findings show that some members of the family Matonaviridae can cross substantial barriers between host species and that rubella virus probably has a zoonotic origin. Our findings raise concerns about future zoonotic transmission of rubella-like viruses, but will facilitate comparative studies and animal models of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome.
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- Andrew J Bennett
- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Leidos, Reston, VA, USA
- Genomics and Bioinformatics Department, Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center-Frederick, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- State Office for Agriculture, Food Safety and Fisheries, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Insel Riems, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Insel Riems, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Genomics and Bioinformatics Department, Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center-Frederick, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
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- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
- Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Heck T, Ludwig M, Frizzo M, Rasia-Filho A, Homem de Bittencourt PI. Suppressed anti-inflammatory heat shock response in high-risk COVID-19 patients: lessons from basic research (inclusive bats), light on conceivable therapies. Clin Sci (Lond) 2020; 134:1991-2017. [PMID: 32749472 PMCID: PMC7403894 DOI: 10.1042/cs20200596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 07/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The major risk factors to fatal outcome in COVID-19 patients, i.e., elderliness and pre-existing metabolic and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), share in common the characteristic of being chronic degenerative diseases of inflammatory nature associated with defective heat shock response (HSR). The molecular components of the HSR, the principal metabolic pathway leading to the physiological resolution of inflammation, is an anti-inflammatory biochemical pathway that involves molecular chaperones of the heat shock protein (HSP) family during homeostasis-threatening stressful situations (e.g., thermal, oxidative and metabolic stresses). The entry of SARS coronaviruses in target cells, on the other hand, aggravates the already-jeopardized HSR of this specific group of patients. In addition, cellular counterattack against virus involves interferon (IFN)-mediated inflammatory responses. Therefore, individuals with impaired HSR cannot resolve virus-induced inflammatory burst physiologically, being susceptible to exacerbated forms of inflammation, which leads to a fatal "cytokine storm". Interestingly, some species of bats that are natural reservoirs of zoonotic viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, possess an IFN-based antiviral inflammatory response perpetually activated but do not show any sign of disease or cytokine storm. This is possible because bats present a constitutive HSR that is by far (hundreds of times) more intense and rapid than that of human, being associated with a high core temperature. Similarly in humans, fever is a physiological inducer of HSR while antipyretics, which block the initial phase of inflammation, impair the resolution phase of inflammation through the HSR. These findings offer a rationale for the reevaluation of patient care and fever reduction in SARS, including COVID-19.
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- Thiago Gomes Heck
- Research Group in Physiology, Department of Life Sciences, Regional University of Northwestern Rio Grande do Sul State (UNIJUI), Ijuí, RS, 98700-000 Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Integral Attention to Health (PPGAIS), Regional University of Northwestern Rio Grande do Sul State (UNIJUI), Ijuí, RS, 98700-000 Brazil
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- Research Group in Physiology, Department of Life Sciences, Regional University of Northwestern Rio Grande do Sul State (UNIJUI), Ijuí, RS, 98700-000 Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Integral Attention to Health (PPGAIS), Regional University of Northwestern Rio Grande do Sul State (UNIJUI), Ijuí, RS, 98700-000 Brazil
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- Research Group in Physiology, Department of Life Sciences, Regional University of Northwestern Rio Grande do Sul State (UNIJUI), Ijuí, RS, 98700-000 Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Integral Attention to Health (PPGAIS), Regional University of Northwestern Rio Grande do Sul State (UNIJUI), Ijuí, RS, 98700-000 Brazil
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- Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Graduate Program in Biosciences, Porto Alegre, RS, 90050-170 Brazil
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- Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, 90050-170 Brazil
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Tidière M, Badruna A, Fouchet D, Gaillard JM, Lemaître JF, Pontier D. Pathogens Shape Sex Differences in Mammalian Aging. Trends Parasitol 2020; 36:668-676. [PMID: 32540194 PMCID: PMC7203054 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Understanding the origin of sex differences in lifespan and aging patterns remains a salient challenge in both biogerontology and evolutionary biology. Different factors have been studied but the potential influence of pathogens has never been investigated. Sex differences, especially in hormones and resource allocation, generate a differential response to pathogens and thereby shape sex differences in lifespan or aging. We provide an integrative framework linking host pathogenic environment with both sex-specific selections on immune performance and mortality trajectories. We propose future directions to fill existing knowledge gaps about mechanisms that link sex differences, not only to exposition and sensitivity to pathogens, but also to mortality patterns, whilst emphasizing the urgent need to consider the role of sex in medicine. Years of research in biomedical sciences have revealed that sex-specific immune responses to pathogens can be associated with sex-specific consequences on health. These effects partly account for the observed sex gap in lifespan, leading women to be longer-lived than males in human populations. Sexual selection exerted on males and the pathogenic environment may explain, at least partly, the sex-difference in lifespan generally observed across mammalian populations.
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- Morgane Tidière
- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France; LabEx ECOFECT, Université de Lyon, F-69000, Lyon, France.
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France; LabEx ECOFECT, Université de Lyon, F-69000, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France; LabEx ECOFECT, Université de Lyon, F-69000, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France; LabEx ECOFECT, Université de Lyon, F-69000, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France; LabEx ECOFECT, Université de Lyon, F-69000, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France; LabEx ECOFECT, Université de Lyon, F-69000, Lyon, France
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Guy C, Ratcliffe JM, Mideo N. The influence of bat ecology on viral diversity and reservoir status. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:5748-5758. [PMID: 32607188 PMCID: PMC7319232 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Repeated emergence of zoonotic viruses from bat reservoirs into human populations demands predictive approaches to preemptively identify virus-carrying bat species. Here, we use machine learning to examine drivers of viral diversity in bats, determine whether those drivers depend on viral genome type, and predict undetected viral carriers. Our results indicate that bat species with longer life spans, broad geographic distributions in the eastern hemisphere, and large group sizes carry more viruses overall. Life span was a stronger predictor of deoxyribonucleic acid viral diversity, while group size and family were more important for predicting ribonucleic acid viruses, potentially reflecting broad differences in infection duration. Importantly, our models predict 54 bat species as likely carriers of zoonotic viruses, despite not currently being considered reservoirs. Mapping these predictions as a proportion of local bat diversity, we identify global regions where efforts to reduce disease spillover into humans by identifying viral carriers may be most productive.
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- Cylita Guy
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
- Department of BiologyUniversity of Toronto at MississaugaMississaugaONCanada
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
- Department of BiologyUniversity of Toronto at MississaugaMississaugaONCanada
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
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Albery GF, Eskew EA, Ross N, Olival KJ. Predicting the global mammalian viral sharing network using phylogeography. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2260. [PMID: 32385239 PMCID: PMC7210981 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16153-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Understanding interspecific viral transmission is key to understanding viral ecology and evolution, disease spillover into humans, and the consequences of global change. Prior studies have uncovered macroecological drivers of viral sharing, but analyses have never attempted to predict viral sharing in a pan-mammalian context. Using a conservative modelling framework, we confirm that host phylogenetic similarity and geographic range overlap are strong, nonlinear predictors of viral sharing among species across the entire mammal class. Using these traits, we predict global viral sharing patterns of 4196 mammal species and show that our simulated network successfully predicts viral sharing and reservoir host status using internal validation and an external dataset. We predict high rates of mammalian viral sharing in the tropics, particularly among rodents and bats, and within- and between-order sharing differed geographically and taxonomically. Our results emphasize the importance of ecological and phylogenetic factors in shaping mammalian viral communities, and provide a robust, general model to predict viral host range and guide pathogen surveillance and conservation efforts. Prior studies have investigated macroecological patterns of host sharing among viruses, although certain mammal clades have not been represented in these analyses, and the findings have not been used to predict the true network. Here the authors model the species level traits that predict viral sharing across all mammal clades and validate their predictions using an independent dataset.
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- Gregory F Albery
- EcoHealth Alliance, New York, NY, USA. .,Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. .,Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
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- EcoHealth Alliance, New York, NY, USA
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Becker DJ, Speer KA, Brown AM, Fenton MB, Washburne AD, Altizer S, Streicker DG, Plowright RK, Chizhikov VE, Simmons NB, Volokhov DV. Ecological and evolutionary drivers of haemoplasma infection and bacterial genotype sharing in a Neotropical bat community. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:1534-1549. [PMID: 32243630 PMCID: PMC8299350 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Most emerging pathogens can infect multiple species, underlining the importance of understanding the ecological and evolutionary factors that allow some hosts to harbour greater infection prevalence and share pathogens with other species. However, our understanding of pathogen jumps is based primarily around viruses, despite bacteria accounting for the greatest proportion of zoonoses. Because bacterial pathogens in bats (order Chiroptera) can have conservation and human health consequences, studies that examine the ecological and evolutionary drivers of bacterial prevalence and barriers to pathogen sharing are crucially needed. Here were studied haemotropic Mycoplasma spp. (i.e., haemoplasmas) across a species-rich bat community in Belize over two years. Across 469 bats spanning 33 species, half of individuals and two-thirds of species were haemoplasma positive. Infection prevalence was higher for males and for species with larger body mass and colony sizes. Haemoplasmas displayed high genetic diversity (21 novel genotypes) and strong host specificity. Evolutionary patterns supported codivergence of bats and bacterial genotypes alongside phylogenetically constrained host shifts. Bat species centrality to the network of shared haemoplasma genotypes was phylogenetically clustered and unrelated to prevalence, further suggesting rare-but detectable-bacterial sharing between species. Our study highlights the importance of using fine phylogenetic scales when assessing host specificity and suggests phylogenetic similarity may play a key role in host shifts not only for viruses but also for bacteria. Such work more broadly contributes to increasing efforts to understand cross-species transmission and the epidemiological consequences of bacterial pathogens.
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- Daniel J. Becker
- Department of BiologyIndiana UniversityBloomingtonINUSA
- Center for the Ecology of Infectious DiseaseUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGAUSA
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- Richard Gilder Graduate SchoolAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNYUSA
- Department of Invertebrate ZoologyNational Museum of Natural HistorySmithsonian InstitutionWashingtonDCUSA
- Center for Conservation GenomicsSmithsonian Conservation Biology InstituteNational Zoological ParkWashingtonDCUSA
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- Department of Ecology and EvolutionStony Brook UniversityStony BrookNYUSA
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- Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyMontana State UniversityBozemanMTUSA
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- Center for the Ecology of Infectious DiseaseUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGAUSA
- Odum School of EcologyUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGAUSA
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- Odum School of EcologyUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGAUSA
- MRC–University of Glasgow Centre for Virus ResearchGlasgowUK
- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative MedicineUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowUK
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- Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyMontana State UniversityBozemanMTUSA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug AdministrationSilver SpringMDUSA
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- Richard Gilder Graduate SchoolAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNYUSA
- Department of MammalogyDivision of Vertebrate ZoologyAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNYUSA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug AdministrationSilver SpringMDUSA
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Kesäniemi J, Lavrinienko A, Tukalenko E, Mappes T, Watts PC, Jurvansuu J. Infection Load and Prevalence of Novel Viruses Identified from the Bank Vole Do Not Associate with Exposure to Environmental Radioactivity. Viruses 2019; 12:E44. [PMID: 31905955 PMCID: PMC7019477 DOI: 10.3390/v12010044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Bank voles (Myodes glareolus) are host to many zoonotic viruses. As bank voles inhabiting areas contaminated by radionuclides show signs of immunosuppression, resistance to apoptosis, and elevated DNA repair activity, we predicted an association between virome composition and exposure to radionuclides. To test this hypothesis, we studied the bank vole virome in samples of plasma derived from animals inhabiting areas of Ukraine (contaminated areas surrounding the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, and uncontaminated areas close to Kyiv) that differed in level of environmental radiation contamination. We discovered four strains of hepacivirus and four new virus sequences: two adeno-associated viruses, an arterivirus, and a mosavirus. However, viral prevalence and viral load, and the ability to cause a systemic infection, was not dependent on the level of environmental radiation.
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- Jenni Kesäniemi
- Finland Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland;
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland; (A.L.); (T.M.); (P.C.W.)
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- National Research Center for Radiation Medicine of the National Academy of Medical Science, 02000 Kyiv, Ukraine;
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland; (A.L.); (T.M.); (P.C.W.)
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland; (A.L.); (T.M.); (P.C.W.)
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- Finland Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland;
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Sotomayor-Bonilla J, Tolsá-García MJ, García-Peña GE, Santiago-Alarcon D, Mendoza H, Alvarez-Mendizabal P, Rico-Chávez O, Sarmiento-Silva RE, Suzán G. Insights into the Host Specificity of Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses Infecting Wild Mammals. ECOHEALTH 2019; 16:726-733. [PMID: 31664588 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-019-01442-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Mosquito-borne flaviviruses (MBFVs) are of public and animal health concern because they cause millions of human deaths annually and impact domestic animals and wildlife globally. MBFVs are phylogenetically divided into two clades, one is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes (Ae-MBFVs) associated with mammals and the other by Culex mosquitoes (Cx-MBFVs) associated with birds. However, this assumption has not been evaluated. Here, we synthesized 79 published reports of MBFVs from wild mammals, estimating their host. Then, we tested whether the host specificity was biased to sampling and investigation efforts or to phylogenetic relationships using a viral phylogenetic tree drawn from analyzing whole flavivirus genomes obtained in GenBank. We found in total 18 flaviviruses, nine related to Aedes spp. and nine to Culex spp. infecting 129 mammal species. Thus, this supports that vectors are transmitting MBFV across available host clades and that ornithophilic mosquitoes are readily infecting mammals. Although most of the mosquito species are generalists in their host-feeding preferences, we also found a certain degree of MBFV's specificity, as most of them infect closely related mammal species. The present study integrates knowledge regarding MBFVs, and it may help to understand their transmission dynamics between viruses, vectors, and mammal hosts.
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- Jesús Sotomayor-Bonilla
- Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04520, Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Asociación Mexicana de Medicina de la Conservación Kalaan Kab AC, Ciclistas 63 Col. Country Club, Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04520, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
- Asociación Mexicana de Medicina de la Conservación Kalaan Kab AC, Ciclistas 63 Col. Country Club, Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04520, Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Asociación Mexicana de Medicina de la Conservación Kalaan Kab AC, Ciclistas 63 Col. Country Club, Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
- Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Red de Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ecología AC, Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04520, Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Asociación Mexicana de Medicina de la Conservación Kalaan Kab AC, Ciclistas 63 Col. Country Club, Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04520, Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Asociación Mexicana de Medicina de la Conservación Kalaan Kab AC, Ciclistas 63 Col. Country Club, Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04520, Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Asociación Mexicana de Medicina de la Conservación Kalaan Kab AC, Ciclistas 63 Col. Country Club, Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Interior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04520, Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Asociación Mexicana de Medicina de la Conservación Kalaan Kab AC, Ciclistas 63 Col. Country Club, Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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Nieto‐Rabiela F, Wiratsudakul A, Suzán G, Rico‐Chávez O. Viral networks and detection of potential zoonotic viruses in bats and rodents: A worldwide analysis. Zoonoses Public Health 2019; 66:655-666. [PMID: 31219223 PMCID: PMC7165641 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Bats and rodents are recognized to host a great diversity of viruses and several important viral zoonoses, but how this viral diversity is structured and how viruses are connected, shared and distributed among host networks is not well understood. To address this gap in knowledge, we compared the associative capacity of the host-virus networks in rodents and bats with the identification of those viruses with zoonotic potential. A virus database, detected by molecular methods, was constructed in the two taxonomic groups. We compiled 5,484 records: 825 in rodents and 4,659 in bats. We identified a total of 173 and 166 viruses, of which 53 and 40 are zoonotic viruses, in rodents and bats, respectively. Based on a network theory, a non-directed bipartite host-virus network was built for each group. Subsequently, the networks were collapsed to represent the connections among hosts and viruses. We identified both discrete and connected communities. We observed a greater degree of connectivity in bat viruses and more discrete communities in rodents. The Coronaviridae recorded in bats have the highest values of degree, betweenness and closeness centralities. In rodents, higher degree positions were distributed homogeneously between viruses and hosts. At least in our database, a higher proportion of rodent viruses were zoonotic. Rodents should thus not be underestimated as important reservoirs of zoonotic disease. We found that viruses were more frequently shared among bats than in rodents. Network theory can reveal some macroecological patterns and identify risks that were previously unrecognized. For example, we found that parvovirus in megabats and Gbagroube virus in rodents may represent a zoonotic risk due to the proximity to humans and other zoonotic viruses. We propose that epidemiological surveillance programmes should consider the connectivity of network actors as a measure of the risks of dispersion and transmission.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fabiola Nieto‐Rabiela
- Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y ZootecniaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMéxico CityMéxico
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary ScienceMahidol UniversityNakhon PathomThailand
| | - Gerardo Suzán
- Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y ZootecniaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMéxico CityMéxico
| | - Oscar Rico‐Chávez
- Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y ZootecniaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMéxico CityMéxico
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