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First detection of the occurrence and study of the genetic diversity of novel putative kirkoviruses in donkey in China.
Virus genes - 1 Apr 2022
Tong Panpan, Deng Haifeng, Duan Liya, Ren Meiling, Song Xiaozhen, Wang Hao, Gulimire Duishanbayi, Kuang Ling, Xie Jinxin
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The first representative of a seemingly novel virus family has been found during the metagenomic examination of a diseased and dead horse in the USA [Li et al. in J Gen Virol 96:2721-2733, 2015]. These authors have suggested the need for the establishment of a new family with the tentative name Kirkoviridae; however, the suggested name is not official yet. Soon after the discovery, similar, relatively large...
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