Discovery of a Novel Polyomavirus in Acute Diarrheal Samples from Children

Polyomaviruses are small circular DNA viruses associated with chronic infections and tumors in both human and animal hosts. Using an unbiased deep sequencing approach, we identified a novel, highly divergent polyomavirus, provisionally named MX polyomavirus (MXPyV), in stool samples from children. T...

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Main Authors: Ramqvist, Torbjörn, Yu, Guixia, Greninger, Alexander L., Isa, Pavel, Phan, Tung G., Martínez, Miguel Angel, De la Luz Sanchez, Maria, Contreras, Juan Francisco, Santos Preciado, José Ignacio, Parsonnet, Julie, Miller, Steve, DeRisi, Joseph L., Delwart, Eric, Arias Ortiz, Carlos Federico, Chiu, Charles Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:http://eprints.uanl.mx/14922/1/582.PDF

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