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A novel polyomavirus from the nasal cavity of a giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
27 Oct 2017
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Polyomaviruses infect a wide variety of mammalian and avian hosts with a broad spectrum of outcomes including asymptomatic infection, acute systemic disease, and tumor induction. METHODS: Viral metagenomics and general PCR methods were used to detected viral nucleic acid in the samples from a diseased and healthy giant pandas. RESULTS: A novel polyomavirus, the giant panda polyomavirus 1 (GPPyV1) from...
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