DEAR EDITOR,Astroviruses are known to cause gastroenteritis and diarrhea symptoms in various hosts.However,no information is currently available on any donkey astrovirus genome.In this study,we collected six intestina...DEAR EDITOR,Astroviruses are known to cause gastroenteritis and diarrhea symptoms in various hosts.However,no information is currently available on any donkey astrovirus genome.In this study,we collected six intestinal samples from donkey foals that died of severe diarrhea on a donkey farm in Shandong Province,China,in 2021.Based on metagenomic nextgeneration sequencing,a nearly complete donkey astrovirus 1(DAstV-1)sequence was detected as the only possible diarrhea-related mammalian virus.展开更多
Dear Editor,The ongoing threat of tick-borne diseases,especially the increasing rate of new infections caused by tick-borne viruses has drawn wide attention in recent years(Madison-Antenucci et al.,2020;Yang et al.,20...Dear Editor,The ongoing threat of tick-borne diseases,especially the increasing rate of new infections caused by tick-borne viruses has drawn wide attention in recent years(Madison-Antenucci et al.,2020;Yang et al.,2023).Therefore,there is a need to strengthen the surveillance of a wide range of viruses carried by ticks to prevent outbreaks of tick-borne diseases.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFA0903000,2021YFC0863400)Key Project of Beijing University of Chemical Technology (XK1803-06)Donkey Industry Innovation Team Program of Modern Agricultural Technology System from Shandong Province,China (SDAIT-27)。
文摘DEAR EDITOR,Astroviruses are known to cause gastroenteritis and diarrhea symptoms in various hosts.However,no information is currently available on any donkey astrovirus genome.In this study,we collected six intestinal samples from donkey foals that died of severe diarrhea on a donkey farm in Shandong Province,China,in 2021.Based on metagenomic nextgeneration sequencing,a nearly complete donkey astrovirus 1(DAstV-1)sequence was detected as the only possible diarrhea-related mammalian virus.
文摘Dear Editor,The ongoing threat of tick-borne diseases,especially the increasing rate of new infections caused by tick-borne viruses has drawn wide attention in recent years(Madison-Antenucci et al.,2020;Yang et al.,2023).Therefore,there is a need to strengthen the surveillance of a wide range of viruses carried by ticks to prevent outbreaks of tick-borne diseases.
