First detection of a novel ‘unknown host’ flavivirus in a Malaysian rodent

• Main Authors: Blasdell, Kim R., Wynne, James W., Perera, David, Firth, Cadhla
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Microbiology Society 2021
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QL Zoology; QR355 Virology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35396/1/First%20detection%20of%20a%20novel%20%E2%80%98unknown%20host%E2%80%99%20flavivirus%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20rodent.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35396/; https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/acmi/10.1099/acmi.0.000223?crawler=true; https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000223
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Current phylogenetic analysis of the flavivirus genus has identified a group of mosquito-borne viruses for which the vertebrate hosts are currently unknown. Here we report the identification of a novel member of this group from a peridomestic rodent species (Sundamys muelleri) collected in Sarawak,...