Title |
Reassortment among picobirnaviruses found in wolves
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Published in |
Archives of Virology, July 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/s00705-016-2987-4 |
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Authors |
Nádia Conceição-Neto, João Rodrigo Mesquita, Mark Zeller, Claude Kwe Yinda, Francisco Álvares, Sara Roque, Francisco Petrucci-Fonseca, Raquel Godinho, Elisabeth Heylen, Marc Van Ranst, Jelle Matthijnssens |
Abstract |
We conducted a viral metagenomics study in diarrheic free-ranging wolves in Portugal, revealing for the first time the presence of reassortant picobirnaviruses. These viruses shared identical capsid segments together with diverse RNA-dependent RNA polymerase segments. Even though causality between these picobirnaviruses and diarrhea could not be established, the study nonetheless confirms for the first time that wolves are a potential reservoir for picobirnaviruses, which might play a role as enteric pathogens. |
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