Possible cross-species transmission of circoviruses and cycloviruses among farm animals
Li, Linlin and Shan, Tongling and Soji, Oderinde Bamidele and Alam, Muhammad Masroor and Kunz, Thomas H. and Zaidi, Sohail Zahoor and Delwart, Eric,, 92, 768-772 (2011),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.028704-0,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 0022-1317,
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.,
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