@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.000671, author = "Souza, William Marciel de and Romeiro, Marilia Farignoli and Fumagalli, MarcĂ­lio Jorge and Modha, Sejal and de Araujo, Jansen and Queiroz, Luzia Helena and Durigon, Edison Luiz and Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes and Murcia, Pablo Ramiro and Gifford, Robert James", title = "Chapparvoviruses occur in at least three vertebrate classes and have a broad biogeographic distribution", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "2017", volume = "98", number = "2", pages = "225-229", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.000671", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.000671", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "parvovirus", keywords = "endogenous virus", keywords = "evolution", keywords = "virus discovery", keywords = "metagenomics", abstract = "Chapparvoviruses are a highly divergent group of parvoviruses (family Parvoviridae) that have recently been identified via metagenomic sampling of animal faeces. Here, we report the sequences of six novel chapparvoviruses identified through both metagenomic sampling of bat tissues and in silico screening of published vertebrate genome assemblies. The novel chapparvoviruses share several distinctive genomic features and group together as a robustly supported monophyletic clade in phylogenetic trees. Our data indicate that chapparvoviruses have a broad host range in vertebrates and a global distribution.", }