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Extensive Genetic Diversity of Polyomaviruses in Sympatric Bat Communities: Host Switching versus Coevolution.
Journal of virology - 16 Apr 2020
Tan Zhizhou, Gonzalez Gabriel, Sheng Jinliang, Wu Jianmin, Zhang Fuqiang, Xu Lin, Zhang Peisheng, Zhu Aiwei, Qu Yonggang, Tu Changchun, Carr Michael J, He Biao
Abstract excerpt
Polyomaviruses (PyVs) are small DNA viruses carried by diverse vertebrates. The evolutionary relationships of viruses and hosts remain largely unclear due to very limited surveillance in sympatric communities. In order to investigate whether PyVs can transmit among different mammalian species and to identify host-switching events in the field, we conducted a systematic study of a large collection of bats...
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