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High Prevalence of Genogroup I and Genogroup II Picobirnaviruses in Dromedary Camels.
Viruses - 8 Mar 2021
Teng Jade L L, Wernery Ulrich, Wong Po Chun, Chan Elaine, Lee Hwei Huih, Joseph Sunitha, Bai Ru, Tang Ying, Wong Emily Y M, Lau Susanna K P, Woo Patrick C Y
Abstract excerpt
Picobirnaviruses (PBVs) are small non-enveloped bisegmented double-stranded RNA viruses found in humans, mammals, and birds. Increasing molecular epidemiology studies suggest a high sequence diversity of PBVs in numerous hosts and the environment. In this study, using 229 fecal samples from dromedary camels in Dubai, 52.8% were positive for PBVs, of which 77.7% and 41.3% were positive for genogroup I and II,...
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