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Molecular characterization of canine kobuvirus in wild carnivores and the domestic dog in Africa

Overview of attention for article published in Virology, February 2015
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Title
Molecular characterization of canine kobuvirus in wild carnivores and the domestic dog in Africa
Published in
Virology, February 2015
DOI 10.1016/j.virol.2015.01.010
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Authors

Ximena A Olarte-Castillo, Felix Heeger, Camila J Mazzoni, Alex D Greenwood, Robert Fyumagwa, Patricia D Moehlman, Heribert Hofer, Marion L East

Abstract

Knowledge of Kobuvirus (Family Picornaviridae) infection in carnivores is limited and has not been described in domestic or wild carnivores in Africa. To fill this gap in knowledge we used RT-PCR to screen fresh feces from several African carnivores. We detected kobuvirus RNA in samples from domestic dog, golden jackal, side-striped jackal and spotted hyena. Using next generation sequencing we obtained one complete Kobuvirus genome sequence from each of these species. Our phylogenetic analyses revealed canine kobuvirus (CaKV) infection in all four species and placed CaKVs from Africa together and separately from CaKVs from elsewhere. Wild carnivore strains were more closely related to each other than to those from domestic dogs. We found that the secondary structure model of the IRES was similar to the Aichivirus-like IRES subclass and was conserved among African strains. We describe the first CaKVs from Africa and extend the known host range of CaKV.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 39 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 23%
Student > Postgraduate 5 13%
Student > Master 4 10%
Student > Bachelor 2 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 5%
Other 7 18%
Unknown 10 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 46%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 4 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 5%
Social Sciences 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 10 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 February 2015.
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#2,063,236
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#247
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#28,435
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Outputs of similar age from Virology
#11
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