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Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024
Dispatch

Isolation of Batborne Neglected Zoonotic Agent Issyk-Kul Virus, Italy

Davide LelliComments to Author , Ana Moreno, Sabrina Canziani, Laura Soliani, Maya Carrera, Anna Castelli, Francesca Faccin, Tiziana Trogu, Enrica Sozzi, Gian Luca Cavallari, Matteo Mauri, Fabiana Ferrari, Cristian Salogni, Chiara Garbarino, Chiara Chiapponi, Marco Farioli, and Antonio Lavazza
Author affiliations: University of Parma via Gramsci, Parma, Italy (D. Lelli); Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy (D. Lelli, A. Moreno, S. Canziani, L. Soliani, M. Carrera, A. Castelli, F. Faccin, T. Trogu, E. Sozzi, C. Salogni, C. Garbarino, C. Chiapponi, A. Lavazza); Wildlife Rehabilitation Center WWF of Valpredina, Cenate Sopra, Italy (G.L. Cavallari, M. Mauri); Piacenza Wildlife Rescue Centre, Piacenza, italy (F. Ferrari); DG Welfare Regione Lombardia, Milano, Italy (M. Farioli)

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Table 2

Issyk-Kul–positive bats and associated GenBank accession number assigned to the gene sequences detected in study of batborne neglected zoonotic agent Issyk-Kul virus, Italy*

Sample Year Bat species Origin Virus isolation (cell culture) Sequence GenBank accession no. Nucleotide similarity (%)
251170-38/2017
 2017
 Hypsugo savii
 WRC WWF Valpredina. Bergamo, Italy
 No
 Partial L gene
 OR583901
 Issyk-Kul virus LEZ 86–787 (98.79)
251170-41/2017
 2017
 H. savii
 WRC WWF Valpredina. Bergamo, Italy
 No
 Partial L gene
 OR583902
 Issyk-Kul virus LEZ 86–787 (99.27)
378052-30/2020
 2020
 H. savii
 WRC WWF Valpredina. Bergamo, Italy
 No
 Partial L gene
 OR583903
 Issyk-Kul virus K_k99_1658_len_12288 (99.17)
297348-34/2022
 2021
 H. savii
 WRC WWF Valpredina. Bergamo, Italy
 Yes
 Full genome
 OR583909–11, OR583905
 Issyk-Kul virus/Prackenbach bat nairovirus (96.65)
297348-26/2022
 2021
 H. savii
 WRC WWF Valpredina. Bergamo, Italy
 No
 Partial L gene
 OR583904
 Issyk-Kul virus LEZ 86–787 (99.42)
126482-17/2022
 2022
 H. savii
 WRC Piacenza, Iataly
 No
 Partial L gene
 OR583906
 Issyk-Kul virus LEZ 86–787 (99)
356061-37/2022
 2022
 H. savii
 WRC WWF Valpredina. Bergamo, Italy
 No
 Partial L gene
 OR583907
 Issyk-Kul virus/Prackenbach bat nairovirus (98.42)
24094-8/2023 2023 Myotis mystacinus WRC Piacenza, Italy No Partial L gene OR583908 Issyk-Kul virus LEZ 86-787 (98.91)

*L, large; WRC, wildlife recovery center; WWF, World Wildlife Fund.

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