Title |
Viral metagenomic analysis of bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus) in Uganda identifies novel variants of Porcine parvovirus 4 and Torque teno sus virus 1 and 2
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Published in |
Virology Journal, September 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1743-422x-9-192 |
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Authors |
Anne-Lie Blomström, Karl Ståhl, Charles Masembe, Edward Okoth, Ademun Rose Okurut, Patrick Atmnedi, Stephen Kemp, Richard Bishop, Sándor Belák, Mikael Berg |
Abstract |
As a result of rapidly growing human populations, intensification of livestock production and increasing exploitation of wildlife habitats for animal agriculture, the interface between wildlife, livestock and humans is expanding, with potential impacts on both domestic animal and human health. Wild animals serve as reservoirs for many viruses, which may occasionally result in novel infections of domestic animals and/or the human population. Given this background, we used metagenomics to investigate the presence of viral pathogens in sera collected from bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus), a nocturnal species of wild Suid known to move between national parks and farmland, in Uganda. |
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