Emerging Pteropine orthoreoviruses and their potential impact on public health.

A group of viruses, collectively known as Pteropine orthoreoviruses (PRVs), have recently been found in fruit bats and humans in Southeast Asia, Australia, and some African countries. This article intends to briefly discuss what is known about these viruses and their potential significance in public health and to advocate for increased surveillance of these zoonotic viruses to prevent potential future disease outbreaks, as well as to highlight a recent publication on this topic that was selected as an editor's choice article in the Journal of Medical Virology 1 . This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.