Seroepidemiology of Bivens Arm virus infections of cattle in Florida, St Croix and Puerto Rico

Tuekam, T. D.; Greiner, Ellis C.; Gibbs, E. P. J.

doi:10.1016/0378-1135(91)90087-v

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“…The discovery of BAV and SWBV in Floridian biting midges and evidence of neutralizing antibodies in animals throughout Florida and the Caribbean suggest that tibroviruses may be globally distributed. However, no evidence of clinical disease in water buffaloes, sheep, wildebeest, or cattle was associated with SWBV or BAV [46].…”

Section: Discovery Of the First Tibrovirusesmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Cattle in Florida also tested positive for neutralizing antibodies to BAV (≈23% positive) and TIBV (≈22% positive) [37,43]. Anti-BAV antibodies were also detected in healthy cattle from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, USA, and in one horse and one white-tailed deer in the US [46]. The discovery of BAV and SWBV in Floridian biting midges and evidence of neutralizing antibodies in animals throughout Florida and the Caribbean suggest that tibroviruses may be globally distributed.…”

Section: Discovery Of the First Tibrovirusesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Human Tibroviruses: Commensals or Lethal Pathogens?

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Chiu

et al. 2020

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Rhabdoviruses are a large and ecologically diverse family of negative-sense RNA viruses (Mononegavirales: Rhabdoviridae). These viruses are capable of infecting an unexpectedly wide variety of plants, vertebrates, and invertebrates distributed over all human-inhabited continents. However, only a few rhabdoviruses are known to infect humans: a ledantevirus (Le Dantec virus), several lyssaviruses (in particular, rabies virus), and several vesiculoviruses (e.g., Chandipura virus, vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus). Recently, several novel rhabdoviruses have been discovered in the blood of both healthy and severely ill individuals living in Central and Western Africa. These viruses—Bas-Congo virus, Ekpoma virus 1, and Ekpoma virus 2—are members of the little-understood rhabdoviral genus Tibrovirus. Other than the basic genomic architecture, tibroviruses bear little resemblance to well-studied rhabdoviruses such as rabies virus and vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus. These three human tibroviruses are quite divergent from each other, and each of them clusters closely with tibroviruses currently known only from biting midges or healthy cattle. Seroprevalence studies suggest that human tibrovirus infections may be common but are almost entirely unrecognized. The pathogenic potential of this diverse group of viruses remains unknown. Although certain tibroviruses may be benign and well-adapted to humans, others could be newly emerging and produce serious disease. Here, we review the current knowledge of tibroviruses and argue that assessing their impact on human health should be an urgent priority.

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Section: Discovery Of the First Tibrovirusesmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Discovery Of the First Tibrovirusesmentioning

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Human Tibroviruses: Commensals or Lethal Pathogens?

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Pān

Chiu

et al. 2020

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“…in Australia and Florida [79,83,262,263]. None have been associated with either disease in livestock or the infection of humans [83,264]. These and other studies raise important issues regarding the significance of NGS data, even when providing complete or near-complete viral genome sequences, when investigating disease etiology.…”

Section: The Advent Of Ngsmentioning

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Exploiting the Legacy of the Arbovirus Hunters

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In recent years, it has become evident that a generational gap has developed in the community of arbovirus research. This apparent gap is due to the dis-investment of training for the next generation of arbovirologists, which threatens to derail the rich history of virus discovery, field epidemiology, and understanding of the richness of diversity that surrounds us. On the other hand, new technologies have resulted in an explosion of virus discovery that is constantly redefining the virosphere and the evolutionary relationships between viruses. This paradox presents new challenges that may have immediate and disastrous consequences for public health when yet to be discovered arboviruses emerge. In this review we endeavor to bridge this gap by providing a historical context for the work being conducted today and provide continuity between the generations. To this end, we will provide a narrative of the thrill of scientific discovery and excitement and the challenges lying ahead.

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“…In 1989, Gibbs et al ( 5 ) reported the isolation of Bivens Arm virus (BAV) from biting midges of the species Culicoides insignis Lutz captured in 1981 in FL, and they established an antigenic relationship between this virus, TIBV, CPV, and another putative tibrovirus, Sweetwater Branch virus ( 5 ). Serological surveys suggest that all four viruses are primarily transmitted by culicoids that dwell among bovids ( 2 , 3 , 5 – 7 ). None of the four viruses are known to cause disease in any animal, but a virus more distantly related to them, Bas-Congo virus, is speculated to infect and cause severe disease in humans ( 8 ).…”

Section: Genome Announcementmentioning

confidence: 99%