@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00027680,
 author = {Ozeki, Takehiro and Abe, Haruka and Ushijima, Yuri and Nze-Nkogue, Chimène and Akomo-Okoue, Etienne F. and Ella, Ghislain W.E. and Koumba, Lilian B.M. and Nso, Branly C.B.B. and Mintsa-Nguema, Rodrigue and Makouloutou-Nzassi, Patrice and Makanga, Boris K. and Nguelet, Fred L.M. and Ondo, Georgelin N. and Mbadinga, Marien J.V.M. and Igasaki, Yui and Okada, Sayaka and Hirano, Minato and Yoshii, Kentaro and Lell, Bertrand and Bonney, Laura C. and Hewson, Roger and Kurosaki, Yohei and Yasuda, Jiro},
 issue = {10},
 journal = {Journal of General Virology},
 month = {Oct},
 note = {In Africa, several emerging zoonotic viruses have been transmitted from small mammals such as rodents and shrews to humans. Although no clinical cases of small mammal-borne viral diseases have been reported in Central Africa, potential zoonotic viruses have been identified in rodents in the region. Therefore, we hypothesized that there may be unrecognized zoonotic viruses circulating in small mammals in Central Africa. Here, we investigated viruses that have been maintained among wild small mammals in Gabon to understand their potential risks to humans. We identified novel orthonairoviruses in 24.6 % of captured rodents and shrews from their kidney total RNA samples. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the novel viruses, Lamusara virus (LMSV) and Lamgora virus, were closely related to Erve virus, which was previously identified in shrews of the genus Crocidura and has been suspected to cause neuropathogenic diseases in humans. Moreover, we show that the LMSV ovarian tumour domain protease, one of the virulence determination factors of orthonairoviruses, suppressed interferon signalling in human cells, suggesting the possible human pathogenicity of this virus. Taken together, our study demonstrates the presence of novel orthonairoviruses that may pose unrecognized risks of viral disease transmission in Gabon., The Journal of general virology, 103(10), art. no. 001796; 2022},
 title = {Identification of novel orthonairoviruses from rodents and shrews in Gabon, Central Africa},
 volume = {103},
 year = {2022}
}