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Identification of the same polyomavirus species in different African horseshoe bat species is indicative of short-range host-switching events.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2017
Carr Michael, Gonzalez Gabriel, Sasaki Michihito, Dool Serena E, Ito Kimihito, Ishii Akihiro, Hang'ombe Bernard M, Mweene Aaron S, Teeling Emma C, Hall William W, Orba Yasuko, Sawa Hirofumi
Abstract excerpt
Polyomaviruses (PyVs) are considered to be highly host-specific in different mammalian species, with no well-supported evidence for host-switching events. We examined the species diversity and host specificity of PyVs in horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus spp.), a broadly distributed and highly speciose mammalian genus. We annotated six PyV genomes, comprising four new PyV species, based on pairwise identity within the...
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