High diversity of genogroup I picobirnaviruses in mammals

In a molecular epidemiology study using 791 fecal samples collected from different terrestrial and marine mammals in Hong Kong, genogroup I picobirnaviruses (PBVs) were positive by RT-PCR targeting the partial RdRp gene in specimens from 5 cattle, 6 monkeys, 17 horses, 9 pigs, 1 rabbit, 1 dog and 12...

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Main Authors: Patrick CY Woo, L.L. Jade TENG, Ru Bai, Annette YP Wong, Paolo Martelli, Suk-Wai Hui, Alan KL Tsang, Candy CY Lau, Syed Shakeel Ahmed, Cyril CY Yip, Garnet KY Choi, Kenneth SM Li, Carol SF Lam, Susanna KP Lau, Kwok-Yung Yuen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01886/full