Genome Sequence of a Novel Kunsagivirus (Picornaviridae: Kunsagivirus) from a Wild Baboon (Papio cynocephalus)

Connor R Buechler; Adam L Bailey; Michael Lauck; Anna Heffron; Joshua C Johnson; Cristine Campos Lawson; Jeffrey Rogers; Jens H Kuhn; David H O'Connor

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00261-17

Genome Sequence of a Novel Kunsagivirus (Picornaviridae: Kunsagivirus) from a Wild Baboon (Papio cynocephalus)

Genome Announc. 2017 May 4;5(18):e00261-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00261-17.

Authors

Connor R Buechler^{1

2}, Adam L Bailey^{1

2}, Michael Lauck^{1

2}, Anna Heffron^{1

2}, Joshua C Johnson³, Cristine Campos Lawson³, Jeffrey Rogers⁴, Jens H Kuhn³, David H O'Connor^{5

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
² Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
³ Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁵ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA dhoconno@wisc.edu.

Abstract

The picornaviral genus Kunsagivirus has a single member, kunsagivirus A, which was discovered in migratory bird feces. We report here the discovery of a novel kunsagivirus in wild yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) blood. The genomic sequence of this virus indicates the probable need for the establishment of a second kunsagivirus species.

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