Human parainfluenza 3 and respiratory syncytial viruses detected in pangolins
Tengcheng Que, Jing Li, Yugan He, Panyu Chen, Wei Lin, Meihong He, Lei Yu, Aiqiong Wu, Luohao Tan, Yingjiao Li, Yanling Hu & Yigang Tong
Pangolins have gained increasing global attention owing to their public health significance as potential zoonotic hosts since the identification of SARS-CoV-2-related viruses in them. Moreover, these animals could carry other respiratory viruses. In this study, we investigated the virome composition of 16 pangolins that died in 2018 with symptoms of pneumonia using metagenomic approaches. A total of eight whole virus sequences belonging to the Paramyxoviridae or Pneumoviridae families were identified, including one human parainfluenza virus...
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State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China1
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Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences1
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Hebei Normal University1
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North West Agriculture and Forestry University1
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Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University1
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Sun Yat-sen University1
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West China Hospital of Sichuan University1
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Zhejiang University1
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Jiangxi Agricultural University1
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Beijing University of Chemical Technology1