Novel Amdovirus in Gray Foxes.

Authors :: Li, Linlin
Pesavento, Patricia A.
Woods, Leslie
Clifford, Deana L.
Luff, Jennifer
Wang, Chunlin
Delwart, Eric
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Oct2011, Vol. 17 Issue 10, p1876-1878. 3p. 2 Diagrams.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: We used viral metagenomics to identify a novel parvovirus in tissues of a gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus). Nearly full genome characterization and phylogenetic analyses showed this parvovirus (provisionally named gray fox amdovirus) to be distantly related to Aleutian mink disease virus, representing the second viral species in the Amdovirus genus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]