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Reassortment among picobirnaviruses found in wolves.
Archives of virology - 1 Oct 2016
Conceição-Neto Nádia, Mesquita João Rodrigo, Zeller Mark, Yinda Claude Kwe, Álvares Francisco, Roque Sara, Petrucci-Fonseca Francisco, Godinho Raquel, Heylen Elisabeth, Van Ranst Marc, Matthijnssens Jelle
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a viral metagenomics study in diarrheic free-ranging wolves in Portugal, revealing for the first time the presence of reassortant picobirnaviruses. These viruses shared identical capsid segments together with diverse RNA-dependent RNA polymerase segments. Even though causality between these picobirnaviruses and diarrhea could not be established, the study nonetheless confirms for the first time that...
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