High Diversity of Genogroup I Picobirnaviruses in Mammals.

ABSTRACT: In a molecular epidemiology study using 791 fecal samples collected from different terrestrial and marine mammals in Hong Kong, genogroup I picobirnaviruses (PBVs) were positive by RT-PCR targeting the partial RdRp gene in specimens from five cattle, six monkeys, 17 horses, nine pigs, one rabbit, one dog, and 12 California sea lions, with 11, 9, 23, 17, 1, 1, and 15 sequence types in the positive specimens from the corresponding animals, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the PBV sequences from each kind of animal were widely distributed in the whole tree with high diversity, sharing 47.4-89.0% nucleotide identities with other genogroup I PBV strains based on the partial RdRp gene. Nine complete segment 1 (viral loads 1.7 × 10⁴ to 5.9 × 10⁶/ml) and 15 seg

SUBMITTER: Woo PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120130 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature