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Co-speciation and host-switching drives diversity of picornaviruses and sapoviruses in Malagasy fruit bats.
Scientific reports - 23 Jan 2026
Kettenburg Gwenddolen, Ranaivoson Hafaliana C, Andrianiaina Angelo, Andry Santino, Henry Amy R, Davis Rachel L, Laboune Farida, Longtine Elizabeth R, Godbole Sucheta, Horigan Sophia, Ruhs Emily Cornelius, Raharinosy Vololoniaina, Randriambolamanantsoa Tsiry Hasina, Lacoste Vincent, Heraud Jean-Michel, Dussart Philippe, Douek Daniel C, Brook Cara E
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Bats are reservoir hosts for numerous well-known zoonotic viruses, but their broader virus-hosting capacities remain understudied. Picornavirales are an order of enteric viruses that cause disease across a wide range of mammalian hosts, including Hepatitis A in humans and foot-and-mouth disease in ungulates. Host-switching and recombination drive the diversification of Picornavirales worldwide. Picornaviridae and...
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