Viral diversity in wild rodents in the regions of Canaã de Carajás and Curionopólis, State of Pará, Brazil [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyWild rodents serve as crucial reservoirs for zoonotic viruses. Anthropogenic and environmental disruptions, particularly those induced by mining activities, can destabilize rodent populations and facilitate the emergence of viral agents. In the Canaã dos
Adriana Freitas Moraes Monteiro +12 more
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Local Maintenance and Genomic Diversity of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Natural Populations of House Mice in the Czech Republic Over a 24‐Year Period [PDF]
Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 73, Issue 1, Page 107-112, February 2026.ABSTRACT Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a neglected rodent‐borne zoonotic virus primarily infecting house mice. The virus can be highly pathogenic, particularly in immunocompromised individuals and in congenital infections. LCMV is distributed worldwide but shows local clustering, probably due to the highly structured populations of its ...
Ivana Jezkova +5 more
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Missed Opportunities for Timely Diagnosis and Effective Therapeutic Management of Prolonged Fever: A Case Study of Confirmed Lassa Fever in N’Zérékoré, Guinea, 2022 [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Background Lassa fever is a potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease caused by a ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus of the Arenaviridae family, endemic in West Africa. It is highly virulent and contagious in several countries, with a nonspecific clinical presentation that poses a major public health challenge.
Ibrahima Sory Cherif +14 more
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A study on the codon usage bias of arenavirus common genes [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionThe Arenaviridae family consists of the genera Mammarenavirus, Reptarenavirus, Hartmanivirus, Antennavirus and Innmovirus. The codon usage bias between the different genera has not yet been studied comparatively.MethodsWe retrieved the ...
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Characteristics of RNA viruses in rodents across different ecological regions of Yunnan and analysis of their evolutionary patterns and replication potential [PDF]
BMC MicrobiologyBackground Rodents are reservoirs of zoonotic viruses that significantly threaten public health. This study investigated the RNA virome of 624 rodents collected across six ecological zones in Yunnan Province, China, using meta-transcriptomic analyses to ...
Yutong Hou +12 more
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Detection and Genomic Characterization of Novel Mammarenavirus in European Hedgehogs, Italy [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesMammarenaviruses are noteworthy zoonotic pathogens, and the main reservoirs are rodent species. We report the detection of a novel mammarenavirus in 6/183 (3.3%) in necropsied European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) collected in Italy. The whole-genome
Barbara Di Martino +10 more
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Retrospective Screening for Zoonotic Viruses in Encephalitis Cases in Austria, 2019–2023, Reveals Infection with Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus but Not with Rustrela Virus or Tahyna Virus [PDF]
VirusesZoonotic viruses may be neglected as etiologies of meningoencephalitis in humans. We performed retrospective testing of cerebrospinal fluid from encephalitis cases in biobank material for three zoonotic or potentially zoonotic viruses: rustrela virus ...
Jeremy V. Camp +3 more
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Virome landscape of wild rodents and shrews in Central China [PDF]
MicrobiomeBackground Wild rodents and shrews serve as vital sentinel species for monitoring zoonotic viruses due to their close interaction with human environments and role as natural reservoirs for diverse viral pathogens.
Nailou Zhang +11 more
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A metagenomic insight into the Yangtze finless porpoise virome
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) inhabiting the Yantze River, China is critically endangered because of the influences of infectious disease, human activity, and water contamination.
Zhigang Liu +18 more
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The role of platelets in the pathogenesis of viral hemorrhagic fevers. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are acute zoonotic diseases that, early on, seem to cause platelet destruction or dysfunction. Here we present the four major ways viruses affect platelet development and function and new evidence of molecular factors that ...
Juan C Zapata +2 more
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