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ArticleTransboundary and emerging diseases2025

Genomic Characteristics and Pathogenicity of Novel Reassortant Mammalian Orthoreoviruses From Sheep, China.

Xia Li, Xuhang Cai, Yi He, Wenliang Li, Junjun Zhai, Runbo Luo, Sizhu Suolang, Li Mao, Bin Li

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Xia LiInstitute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2155-6810
Xuhang CaiInstitute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1361-9739
Yi HeAgriculture Development Service Center, People's Government of Chengguan Town, Fukang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6484-100X
Wenliang LiInstitute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0399-5651
Junjun ZhaiShaanxi Province Engineering and Technology Research Center of Cashmere Goat, Yulin University, Yulin, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2625-8864
Runbo LuoXizang Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7820-3404
Sizhu SuolangXizang Agriculture and Animal Husbandry University, Linzhi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7478-0343
Li MaoInstitute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6025-3620
Bin LiInstitute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1318-7081

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian orthoreoviruses (MRVs) have a wide geographic distribution worldwide and have been detected from humans and a variety of animal species. This study represents the first isolation of MRV from sheep rectal swabs in China, with analyses of its molecular and pathogenicity characteristics. MRV-positive samples were inoculated into Madin-Darby bovine kidney (MDBK) cells, resulting in stable cytopathic effects (CPEs) after three generations of blind passage. Two isolates were isolated and confirmed as MRV, named MRV-XJ23 and MRV-sheep/SY13, through reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), transmission electron microscopy, and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA). The viruses exhibited broad cellular tropism. Whole-genome sequences were obtained and subjected to homology and evolutionary analyses, revealing that MRV-XJ23 and MRV-sheep/SY13 belong to the MRV-1 serotype. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that MRV-XJ23 is a reassortant virus containing gene segments from three MRVs that infected humans, bovines, and bats, with nucleotide homology exceeding 94.56%. The gene segments of MRV-sheep/SY13 were derived from five strains-Osaka2005, BatMRV-2/SNU1/Korea/2021, T1/human/Netherlands/1/84, IND/MZ/3013814/reo, and B/03-with nucleotide homology exceeding 95.47%. Animal experiments demonstrated that MRV-sheep/SY13 infection induced significant pathological changes in the respiratory and digestive tracts of mice. In sheep, MRV-sheep/SY13 caused respiratory infections, but no obvious lesion was observed from the digestive tract. This study expands our understanding of the MRV host range, reveals the potential public health risk of MRV transmission across species and zoonotic transmission, and underscores the necessity of further studies on epidemiology, reassortment patterns, and pathogenicity of MRV in sheep and domestic animals.

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Genome, ViralOrthoreovirus, MammalianReassortant VirusesReoviridae InfectionsSheep DiseasesAnimalsCattleChinaHumansMicePhylogenySheepVirulencemammalian orthoreoviruses (MRVs)pathogenicityreassortmentsheepvirus isolation and identification

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