Extensive genetic diversity and recombination events identified in goose circoviruses circulating in partial areas of Guangdong province, Southern China.

ABSTRACT: Circoviruses represent a group of small viruses with circular single-strand DNA genome that infect a wide range of both domesticated and wild animals. Domesticated geese infected with circovirus have been confirmed in many parts of the world, and is considered to cause immunosuppression and facilitate the secondary infections caused by other pathogens. In the present study, extensive genetically diversified goose circoviruses (GoCVs) were identified in the liver samples of domesticated geese from Guangdong province, southern China. Genetic analysis revealed that the sequences generated in this study shared 81.5 to 99.7% genome-wide pairwise identity with previously identified GoCV genomes. More importantly, nine recombination events were identified among all known complete genomome sequenc

SUBMITTER: Yao XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8889405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature