1
|
Laenen L, Vergote V, Kafetzopoulou LE, Wawina TB, Vassou D, Cook JA, Hugot JP, Deboutte W, Kang HJ, Witkowski PT, Köppen-Rung P, Krüger DH, Licková M, Stang A, Striešková L, Szemeš T, Markowski J, Hejduk J, Kafetzopoulos D, Van Ranst M, Yanagihara R, Klempa B, Maes P. A Novel Hantavirus of the European Mole, Bruges Virus, Is Involved in Frequent Nova Virus Coinfections. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:45-55. [PMID: 29272370 PMCID: PMC5758900 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Hantaviruses are zoonotic viruses with a complex evolutionary history of virus–host coevolution and cross-species transmission. Although hantaviruses have a broad reservoir host range, virus–host relationships were previously thought to be strict, with a single virus species infecting a single host species. Here, we describe Bruges virus, a novel hantavirus harbored by the European mole (Talpa europaea), which is the well-known host of Nova virus. Phylogenetic analyses of all three genomic segments showed tree topology inconsistencies, suggesting that Bruges virus has emerged from cross-species transmission and ancient reassortment events. A high number of coinfections with Bruges and Nova viruses was detected, but no evidence was found for reassortment between these two hantaviruses. These findings highlight the complexity of hantavirus evolution and the importance of further investigation of hantavirus–reservoir relationships.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Lies Laenen
- Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
| | - Valentijn Vergote
- Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
| | - Liana Eleni Kafetzopoulou
- Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
| | - Tony Bokalanga Wawina
- Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
| | - Despoina Vassou
- Genomics Facility, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IMBB-FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
| | - Joseph A Cook
- Department of Biology, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico
| | - Jean-Pierre Hugot
- Department of Systematics and Evolution, L'Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
| | - Ward Deboutte
- Laboratory of Viral Metagenomics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
| | - Hae Ji Kang
- Department of Pediatrics, and Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa
| | - Peter T Witkowski
- Charité School of Medicine, Institute of Medical Virology, Berlin, Germany
| | - Panja Köppen-Rung
- Charité School of Medicine, Institute of Medical Virology, Berlin, Germany
| | - Detlev H Krüger
- Charité School of Medicine, Institute of Medical Virology, Berlin, Germany
| | - Martina Licková
- Biomedical Research Center, Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - Alexander Stang
- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
| | - Lucia Striešková
- Department of Molecular Biology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - Tomáš Szemeš
- Department of Molecular Biology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - Janusz Markowski
- Department of Teacher Training and Biodiversity Studies, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lódz, Poland
| | - Janusz Hejduk
- Department of Teacher Training and Biodiversity Studies, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lódz, Poland
| | - Dimitris Kafetzopoulos
- Genomics Facility, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IMBB-FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
| | - Marc Van Ranst
- Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
| | - Richard Yanagihara
- Department of Pediatrics, and Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa
| | - Boris Klempa
- Charité School of Medicine, Institute of Medical Virology, Berlin, Germany.,Biomedical Research Center, Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - Piet Maes
- Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
| |
Collapse
|