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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Possible cross-species transmission of circoviruses and cycloviruses among farm animals
Journal of General Virology, Volume 92, No. 4, Year 2011
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Description
Circoviruses consist of highly prevalent and genetically diverse porcine and avian pathogens. The genomes of cycloviruses, a proposed new genus in the family Circoviridae, were recently identified in human and chimpanzee faeces. Here, six cyclovirus and four circovirus genomes from the tissues of chickens, goats, cows, and a bat were amplified and sequenced using rolling-circle amplification and inverse PCR. A goat cyclovirus was nearly identical to a cyclovirus from a cow. USA beef contained circoviruses with > 99% similarity to porcine circovirus 2b. Circoviruses in chicken were related to those of pigeons. The close genetic similarity of a subset of cycloviruses and circoviruses replicating in distinct animal species may reflect recent cross-species transmissions. Further studies will be required to determine the impact of these highly prevalent infections on the health of farm animals. © 2011 SGM.
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https://efashare.b-cdn.net/share/pmc/articles/PMC3133700/bin/supp_92_4_768__index.html
https://efashare.b-cdn.net/share/pmc/articles/PMC3133700/bin/supp_92.4.768_Supplementary_tables_S1_and_S2.xls
Authors & Co-Authors
Li, Linlin
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Shan, Tongling
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
China, Shanghai
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Soji, Oderinde Bamidele
Nigeria, Maiduguri
University of Maiduguri
Alam, Muhammad Masroor
Pakistan, Islamabad
National Institute of Health Pakistan
Kunz, Thomas H.
United States, Boston
Boston University
Zaidi, Syed Sohail Zahoor
Pakistan, Islamabad
National Institute of Health Pakistan
Delwart, E. L.
United States, San Francisco
Vitalant Research Institute
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 128
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1099/vir.0.028704-0
ISSN:
00221317
e-ISSN:
14652099
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics