%0 Journal Article %A Li, Linlin %A Shan, Tongling %A Soji, Oderinde Bamidele %A Alam, Muhammad Masroor %A Kunz, Thomas H. %A Zaidi, Sohail Zahoor %A Delwart, Eric %T Possible cross-species transmission of circoviruses and cycloviruses among farm animals %D 2011 %J Journal of General Virology, %V 92 %N 4 %P 768-772 %@ 1465-2099 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.028704-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X 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. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.028704-0