30/6/2025–|Last update: 15:52 (Mecca time)
Researchers have discovered more than 20 Virus New inside the bats in China, which raises fears of the possibility of the transmission of these diseases to livestock or even humans.
The study was conducted by researchers from the main regional laboratory to control and prevent animal diseases in the Chinese province of Yunnan, at the Yunnan Institute for the Prevention and Control of Eternal Diseases.
Using the genetic sequence, the researchers identified 22 viruses in the tissue of 142 bats collected in the province of Yunnan between 2017 and 2021, two genetically similar with Hindra virus and Nipah Hiniba murderous. The analysis also revealed other types of bacteria and parasitic that were not previously known to scientists.
According to the team, the bats were found wandering near the orchards of fruit adjacent to the populated rural villages.
This study – specifically the discovery of Heniba virus was not previously known and is now called the Hiniba Hiniba Virus, Yunnan 1 and 2 – the first whole -length genome for this type of virus discovered in Chinese bats.
Besides the discovery of viruses, the team also reported that a single -cell parasite was not previously known as Klossiella Yunnanensis, two types, bacterial and very virus, one of which is flavobacterium yunnanensis, described for the first time.
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The researchers have warned that urine could be a path to the transmission of Heiniba viruses, which increases the risk of pollution of bats to the fruits that humans or animals consume, and pave the way for the spread of the disease.
“These viruses are greatly concerned because they were found mainly in the battlefield, a member associated with urine production, which raises concern about the possibility of people being exposed to fruits or contaminated water,” said Professor Venewood Palacemaneam, from the Australian University of Monash.
Hiniba viruses were responsible for high -death out of the past, and the newly discovered brigades of Yunnan’s bats are shared between 52% and 57% of their genetic material with these dangerous viruses.
While previous viral studies focused on bats on stool samples, the study was keen to pay attention to the internal organs – especially the kidneys – due to its role in transmitting diseases.
The results indicate that a broader set of microbial threats may be present in these tissues that have not been adequately studied, which may increase the risk of moving animal diseases.
The viruses transmitted by the bats have been involved in many outbreaks of the main animal diseases, including Ebola The dowdergaging Thumbs Middle East respiratory syndrome Kofid-19. These pathogens can be transmitted directly to humans or through intermediate families, often by eating contaminated water or water.