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A Novel Bunyavirus from the Soft Tick, Argas Vespertilionis, in Japan

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Journal J Vet Med Sci
Specialty Veterinary Medicine
Date 2015 Oct 27
PMID 26498534
Citations 16
Authors
Mami Oba
Tsutomu Omatsu
Ai Takano
Hiromi Fujita
Kozue Sato
Atsushi Nakamoto
Mamoru Takahashi
Nobuhiro Takada
Hiroki Kawabata
Shuji Ando
Tetsuya Mizutani
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Abstract

Soft ticks, Argas vespertilionis, were collected from feces of bats in Japan. Cytopathic effect (CPE) was observed after inoculating the homogenates of ticks to Vero cells. Sequencing of RNA extracted from the cell supernatant was performed by next generation sequencer. The contigs had identity to segments of Bunyaviruses, Issyk-Kul virus. The identities of segment L, M and S were only 77, 76 and 79% to Issyk-Kul virus, respectively. Therefore, we named this novel virus Soft tick bunyavirus (STBV). In the phylogenetic tree, segment L of STBV was closely related to a cluster consisting of the genus Nairovirus of the family Bunyaviridae.

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