2008
DOI: 10.1556/avet.56.2008.4.10
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Detection of a novel bat gammaherpesvirus in Hungary

Abstract: This paper describes the detection of a novel herpesvirus in a Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) in Hungary. The rescued animal showed signs of icterus and anorexia and died within a day, in spite of immediate supportive therapy. Autopsy confirmed the clinical picture by the major lesions observed in the liver. Histopathology revealed vacuolar degeneration in the hepatocytes and leukocytosis in the sinusoidal lumina. By electron microscopy, hydropic degeneration and apoptotic cells with a pycnotic nucleus wer… Show more

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“…8). Herpesviruses have been detected in bats in a number of studies (51,62,76,84,85,87), and in European bats gamma-and betaherpesviruses were detected by pan-herpes consensus PCR (87). The predominant herpesviruses strains found in this study were more closely related to mammalian species besides bats, and we expect that different species of bats will contain different types of herpesviruses.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 52%
“…8). Herpesviruses have been detected in bats in a number of studies (51,62,76,84,85,87), and in European bats gamma-and betaherpesviruses were detected by pan-herpes consensus PCR (87). The predominant herpesviruses strains found in this study were more closely related to mammalian species besides bats, and we expect that different species of bats will contain different types of herpesviruses.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 52%
“…In addition, PCR screening has revealed the presence of seven genetically different gammaherpesviruses and one novel betaherpesvirus in seven different European bat species in the family Vespertilionidae (Wibbelt et al, 2007). Independently, another study using PCR analysis has identified a novel gammaherpesvirus in a Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) in Hungary during an investigation of a sick bat (Molnar et al, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Phylogenetic studies on this virus sequence suggest a bat origin for the new gammaherpesvirus. Although previous reports have described other gammaherpesvirus sequences from bats ( 16 18 ), as well as a replication-competent bat betaherpesvirus ( 19 ), the present study describes the first isolation of what is likely a bat gammaherpesvirus. The transcriptome data from the bat cell line also provide a transcript map for the novel gammaherpesvirus.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 72%