ZOVER: the database of zoonotic and vector-borne viruses

Abstract Emerging infectious diseases significantly threaten global public health and socioeconomic security. The majority of emerging infectious disease outbreaks are caused by zoonotic/vector-borne viruses. Bats and rodents are the two most important reservoir hosts of many zoonotic viruses that c...

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Published in:Nucleic acids research Vol. 50; no. D1; pp. D943 - D949
Main Authors: Zhou, Siyu, Liu, Bo, Han, Yelin, Wang, Yuyang, Chen, Lihong, Wu, Zhiqiang, Yang, Jian
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Oxford University Press 07.01.2022
Subjects:
Animals
Chiroptera - virology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - transmission
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology
Culicidae - virology
Database Issue
Databases, Factual
Datasets as Topic
Disease Vectors - classification
Epidemiological Monitoring
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Humans
Internet
Molecular Sequence Annotation
Rodentia - virology
Software
Ticks - virology
Virus Diseases - epidemiology
Virus Diseases - transmission
Virus Diseases - virology
Viruses - classification
Viruses - genetics
Viruses - pathogenicity
Zoonoses - epidemiology
Zoonoses - transmission
Zoonoses - virology
ISSN:0305-1048, 1362-4962, 1362-4962
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Summary:Abstract Emerging infectious diseases significantly threaten global public health and socioeconomic security. The majority of emerging infectious disease outbreaks are caused by zoonotic/vector-borne viruses. Bats and rodents are the two most important reservoir hosts of many zoonotic viruses that can cross species barriers to infect humans, whereas mosquitos and ticks are well-established major vectors of many arboviral diseases. Moreover, some emerging zoonotic diseases require a vector to spread or are intrinsically vector-borne and zoonotically transmitted. In this study, we present a newly upgraded database of zoonotic and vector-borne viruses designated ZOVER (http://www.mgc.ac.cn/ZOVER). It incorporates two previously released databases, DBatVir and DRodVir, for bat- and rodent-associated viruses, respectively, and further collects up-to-date knowledge on mosquito- and tick-associated viruses to establish a comprehensive online resource for zoonotic and vector-borne viruses. Additionally, it integrates a set of online visualization tools for convenient comparative analyses to facilitate the discovery of potential patterns of virome diversity and ecological characteristics between/within different viral hosts/vectors. The ZOVER database will be a valuable resource for virologists, zoologists and epidemiologists to better understand the diversity and dynamics of zoonotic and vector-borne viruses and conduct effective surveillance to monitor potential interspecies spillover for efficient prevention and control of future emerging zoonotic diseases.
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The authors wish it to be known that, in their opinion, the first two authors should be regarded as joint First Authors.
ISSN:0305-1048
1362-4962
1362-4962
DOI:10.1093/nar/gkab862