Arenavirus Coinfections Are Common in Snakes with Boid Inclusion Body Disease.

Authors :: Hepojoki J
Salmenperä P
Sironen T
Hetzel U
Korzyukov Y
Kipar A
Vapalahti O
Source :: Journal of virology [J Virol] 2015 Aug; Vol. 89 (16), pp. 8657-60. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jun 03.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: Recently, novel arenaviruses were found in snakes with boid inclusion body disease (BIBD); these form the new genus Reptarenavirus within the family Arenaviridae. We used next-generation sequencing and de novo sequence assembly to investigate reptarenavirus isolates from our previous study. Four of the six isolates and all of the samples from snakes with BIBD contained at least two reptarenavirus species. The viruses sequenced comprise four novel reptarenavirus species and a representative of a new arenavirus genus.<br /> (Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.)