A novel polyomavirus from the nasal cavity of a giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Abstract Background Polyomaviruses infect a wide variety of mammalian and avian hosts with a broad spectrum of outcomes including asymptomatic infection, acute systemic disease, and tumor induction. Methods Viral metagenomics and general PCR methods were used to detected viral nucleic acid in the sa...

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Main Authors: Dunwu Qi, Tongling Shan, Zhijian Liu, Xutao Deng, Zhihe Zhang, Wenlei Bi, Jacob Robert Owens, Feifei Feng, Lisong Zheng, Feng Huang, Eric Delwart, Rong Hou, Wen Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Virology Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12985-017-0867-5