biostudies-literatureReuter GUniversity of PécsEuropean CommissionNemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal1163-1167https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8964545biostudies-literatureUnknown167(4)In this study, a novel parvovirus (zander/M5/2015/HUN, OK236393) was detected in faecal specimens from a fish - zander or pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) - and genetically characterized using viral metagenomics and PCR methods. The NS1 and VP1 proteins of zander/M5/2015/HUN share <30% aa sequence identity, respectively, with the corresponding proteins of known members of the family Parvoviridae. Out of 62 faecal specimens collected from 13 freshwater fish species, three (4.8%) samples were positive by PCR for the novel parvovirus - all from zander. This is the second parvovirus detected in fish - after the disease-causing tilapia parvovirus of the subfamily Hamaparvovirinae - and it potentially represents a novel genus in the subfamily Parvovirinae.Archives of virologyA novel parvovirus (family Parvoviridae) in a freshwater fish, zander (Sander lucioperca).PMC8964545FK134311Pankovics PMatics RBoros AReuter GAltan EDelwart EfalseA novel parvovirus (family Parvoviridae) in a freshwater fish, zander (Sander lucioperca).In this study, a novel parvovirus (zander/M5/2015/HUN, OK236393) was detected in faecal specimens from a fish - zander or pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) - and genetically characterized using viral metagenomics and PCR methods. The NS1 and VP1 proteins of zander/M5/2015/HUN share <30% aa sequence identity, respectively, with the corresponding proteins of known members of the family Parvoviridae. Out of 62 faecal specimens collected from 13 freshwater fish species, three (4.8%) samples were positive by PCR for the novel parvovirus - all from zander. This is the second parvovirus detected in fish - after the disease-causing tilapia parvovirus of the subfamily Hamaparvovirinae - and it potentially represents a novel genus in the subfamily Parvovirinae.2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Apr2026-05-30T20:56:54.661Z2025-04-04T10:01:56.361ZS-EPMC89645453527813010.1007/s00705-022-05419-5