Decoding the RNA viromes in rodent lungs provides new insight into the origin and evolutionary patterns of rodent-borne pathogens in Mainland Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Zhiqiang Wu, Yelin Han, Bo Liu, Hongying Li, Guangjian Zhu, Alice Latinne, Jie Dong, Lilin Sun, Haoxiang Su, Liguo Liu, Jiang Du, Siyu Zhou, Mingxing Chen, Anamika Kritiyakan, Sathaporn Jittapalapong, Kittipong Chaisiri, Phillipe Buchy, Veasna Duong, Jian Yang, Jinyong Jiang, Xiang Xu, Hongning Zhou, Fan Yang, David M. Irwin, Serge Morand, Peter Daszak, Jianwei Wang, Qi Jin
• Other Authors: Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/77189
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: As the largest group of mammalian species, which are also widely distributed all over the world, rodents are the natural reservoirs for many diverse zoonotic viruses. A comprehensive understanding of the core virome of diverse rodents should therefore assist in efforts to reduce the risk...