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A novel polyomavirus in sigmodontine rodents from São Paulo State, Brazil

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The nearly complete genome sequence of a novel polyomavirus from blood samples of Akodon montensis and Calomys tener collected in Brazil was determined by high-throughput sequencing. This virus showed a typical polyomaviruses genome organization, and it was classified as a member of the genus Betapolyomavirus. Our results expand the host range and viral diversity of the family Polyomaviridae.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Vinícius Kavagutti, Felipe Alves Morais, Márcio Schaefer, Mario Figueiredo, Jaqueline Silva, Paulo Paulosso, Dercílio Pavanelli, Edison Montilha, Armando Nascimento, Toninho and José Teotônio for the help in fieldwork.

Funding

This work was supported by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil (Grant number 13/14929-1 and NIH 1 R03 TW007813, and Scholarships Nos. 08/06411-4; 11/06810-9, 11/22663-6; 12/24150-9; 15/05778-5; 17/13981-0; 16/02568-2; 16/01414-1). PRM was supported by the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom (Grant MC_UU_120/14/9).

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  1. Virology Research Center, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil

    Felipe Gonçalves Motta Maia, William Marciel de Souza, Gilberto Sabino-Santos Jr, Marcílio Jorge Fumagalli & Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo

  2. Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Felipe Gonçalves Motta Maia

  3. MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK

    William Marciel de Souza, Sejal Modha & Pablo Ramiro Murcia

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This study was approved by the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (protocols 19838-5 and 41709-3) and the Ethics Committee for Animal Research of the University of São Paulo (020/2011) and was approved by state law (licenses IF-SP/COTEC 260108-007.043).

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Maia, F.G.M., de Souza, W.M., Sabino-Santos, G. et al. A novel polyomavirus in sigmodontine rodents from São Paulo State, Brazil. Arch Virol 163, 2913–2915 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-3913-8

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