Multiple Diverse Circoviruses Infect Farm Animals and Are Commonly Found in Human and Chimpanzee Feces

Li, Linlin; Kapoor, Amit; Slikas, Beth; Soji Oderinde, Bamidele; Wang, Chunlin; Shaukat, Shahzad; Alam Masroor, Muhammad; L. Wilson, Michael; N. Ndjango, Jean-Bosco; Peeters, Martine; Gross‐Camp, Nicole; N. Muller, Martin; H. Hahn, Beatrice; Wolfe, Nathan; Triki, Hinda; M. Bartkus, Joanne; Zaidi, Sohail; Delwart, Eric

doi:10.1128/jvi.02109-09

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Multiple Diverse Circoviruses Infect Farm Animals and Are Commonly Found in Human and Chimpanzee Feces

Published in Journal of Virology • Dec 10, 2009

Authors:

Linlin Li

Amit Kapoor

Beth Slikas

Abstract

Circoviruses are known to infect birds and pigs and can cause a wide range of severe symptoms with significant economic impact. Using viral metagenomics, we identified circovirus-like DNA sequences and characterized 15 circular viral DNA genomes in stool samples from humans in Pakistan, Nigeria, Tun...

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Biology

Circovirus

Feces

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