Novel Divergent Polar Bear-Associated Mastadenovirus Recovered from a Deceased Juvenile Polar Bear

Novel Divergent Polar Bear-Associated Mastadenovirus Recovered from a Deceased Juvenile Polar Bear

Cross-species transmission of viral pathogens is becoming an increasing problem for captive-animal facilities. This study highlights how animals in captivity are vulnerable to novel opportunistic pathogens, many of which do not result in straightforward diagnosis from symptoms and histopathology. In...

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Main Authors: Anisha Dayaram, Kyriakos Tsangaras, Selvaraj Pavulraj, Walid Azab, Nicole Groenke, Gudrun Wibbelt, Florian Sicks, Nikolaus Osterrieder, Alex D. Greenwood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-07-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
adeno-associated virus
evolutionary biology
novel virus
phylogenetic analysis
polar bear
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00171-18

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00171-18

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