Title |
A novel rodent Chapparvovirus in feces of wild rats
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Published in |
Virology Journal, July 2016
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DOI | 10.1186/s12985-016-0589-0 |
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Authors |
Shixing Yang, Zhijian Liu, Yan Wang, Wang Li, Xingli Fu, Yuan Lin, Quan Shen, Xiaochun Wang, Hua Wang, Wen Zhang |
Abstract |
Chapparvovirus, a recently determined new genus in the family Parvoviridae, can infect many species of animals including bats, chickens, and pigs. Here, using viral metagenomics method, we identified a novel Chapparvovirus from feces of wild rats and designated it as rat parvovirus 2 (RPV2). The nearly complete genome of RPV2 is 4222-nt long and includes two ORFs encoding a 654-aa nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) and a 472-aa capsid protein (VP), respectively. Phylogenetic analysis over the amino acid sequence of the NS1 showed that RPV2 clustered with Eidolon helvum parvovirus 2 (EHPV2), porcine parvovirus 7 (PPV7), and turkey parvovirus 1 (TP1), forming a separate clade. Sequence analysis indicated that the NS1 protein of RPV2 shared the highest amino acid sequence identity (51 %) with that of EHPV2. According to the genetic distance-based criteria, RPV2 identified here belongs to a novel species of Chapparvovirus. |
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