@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.028704-0, author = "Li, Linlin and Shan, Tongling and Soji, Oderinde Bamidele and Alam, Muhammad Masroor and Kunz, Thomas H. and Zaidi, Sohail Zahoor and Delwart, Eric", title = "Possible cross-species transmission of circoviruses and cycloviruses among farm animals", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "2011", volume = "92", number = "4", pages = "768-772", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.028704-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.028704-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "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.", }