Fischer Carlo, Pontier Dominique, Filippi-Codaccioni Ondine, Pons Jean-Batiste, Postigo-Hidalgo Ignacio, Duhayer Jeanne, Brünink Sebastian, Drexler Jan Felix
Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;27(4):1141-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2704.202676.
Although essential for control strategies, knowledge about transmission cycles is limited for Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex alphaviruses (VEEVs). After testing 1,398 bats from French Guiana for alphaviruses, we identified and isolated a new strain of the encephalitogenic VEEV species Tonate virus (TONV). Bats may contribute to TONV spread in Latin America.
尽管对于控制策略至关重要,但关于委内瑞拉马脑炎复合甲型病毒(VEEV)传播周期的知识仍然有限。在对法属圭亚那的1398只蝙蝠进行甲型病毒检测后,我们鉴定并分离出一种新的致脑炎VEEV物种托纳特病毒(TONV)。蝙蝠可能在拉丁美洲导致TONV传播。