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Zhuang Z, Qian L, Lu J, Zhang X, Mahmood A, Cui L, Wang H, Wang X, Yang S, Ji L, Shan T, Shen Q, Zhang W. Comparison of viral communities in the blood, feces and various tissues of wild brown rats ( Rattus norvegicus). Heliyon 2023; 9:e17222. [PMID: 37389044 PMCID: PMC10300334 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023] Open
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Viral diseases caused by new outbreaks of viral infections pose a serious threat to human health. Wild brown rats (Rattus norvegicus), considered one of the world's largest and most widely distributed rodents, are host to various zoonotic pathogens. To further understand the composition of the virus community in wild brown rats and explore new types of potentially pathogenic viruses, viral metagenomics was conducted to investigate blood, feces, and various tissues of wild brown rats captured from Zhenjiang, China. Results indicated that the composition of the virus community in different samples showed significant differences. In blood and tissue samples, members of the Parvoviridae and Anelloviridae form the main body of the virus community. Picornaviridae, Picobirnaviridae, and Astroviridae made up a large proportion of fecal samples. Several novel genome sequences from members of different families, including Anelloviridae, Parvoviridae, and CRESS DNA viruses, were detected in both blood and other samples, suggesting that they have the potential to spread across organs to cause viremia. These viruses included not only strains closely related to human viruses, but also a potential recombinant virus. Multiple dual-segment picornaviruses were obtained from fecal samples, as well as virus sequences from the Astroviridae and Picornaviridae. Phylogenetic analysis showed that these viruses belonged to different genera, with multiple viruses clustered with other animal viruses. Whether they have pathogenicity and the ability to spread across species needs further study.
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- Zi Zhuang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhenjiang Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Zhenjiang, 212002, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Department of Swine Infectious Disease, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Department of Swine Infectious Disease, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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Mao L, Fu X, Wu J, Shen L, Gu J, Yuan Z, Chen J, Zou X, Zhang C. The dynamics of the hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic from 2008 to 2016 in Zhenjiang city, China. Future Microbiol 2018; 13:1029-1040. [PMID: 29634358 DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2018-0063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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AIM To investigate the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) epidemic in Zhenjiang, China from 2008 to 2016. MATERIALS & METHODS A total of 37,202 HFMD cases were investigated and 3707 nasopharyngeal swabs were detected for enterovirus RNA using RT-quantitative PCR. RESULTS We first reported a mixed pattern of HFMD seasonal epidemic with a combination of single-peak and two-peak patterns in alternate years, and the occurrence of sporadic and epidemic outbreaks of HFMD in kindergartens in Zhenjiang. Children younger than 4 years of age were highly vulnerable to HFMD, and home children and boys had higher risk to develop severe HFMD than nursery children and girls, respectively. Among tested samples, 1709 (46.1%) were detected as enterovirus RNA positive. CONCLUSION This study first presents the dynamic of the HFMD epidemic in Zhenjiang from 2008 to 2016.
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- Lingxiang Mao
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, PR China
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- Pathogen Discovery & Big Data Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, PR China
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- School of Medical Science & Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Zhenjiang Center of Disease Control & Prevention, 9 Huangshan South Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Medical Science & Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Zhenjiang Center of Disease Control & Prevention, 9 Huangshan South Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, PR China
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- School of Medical Science & Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Pathogen Discovery & Big Data Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, PR China
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