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Identification of a chicken anemia virus variant-related gyrovirus in stray cats in china, 2012.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2014
Zhang Xinheng, Liu Yuanjia, Ji Jun, Chen Feng, Sun Baoli, Xue Chunyi, Ma Jingyun, Bi Yingzuo, Xie Qingmei
Abstract excerpt
The chicken anemia virus (CAV), is a known member of the genus Gyrovirus and was first isolated from chickens in Japan in 1979. Some reports have also demonstrated that CAV can be identified in human stool specimens. In this study, a variant of CAV was detected using PCR with CAV-based primers in fecal samples of stray cats. The genome of CAV variant was sequenced and the results suggest that it could be a...
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