title: Characterization of a novel close-to-root papillomavirus from a Florida manatee by using multiply primed rolling-circle amplification: Trichechus manatus latirostris papillomavirus type 1.
abstract: By using an isothermal multiply primed rolling-circle amplification protocol, the complete genomic DNA of a novel papillomavirus was amplified from a skin lesion biopsy of a Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), one of the most endangered marine mammals in United States coastal waters. The nucleotide sequence, genome organization, and phylogenetic position of the Trichechus manatus latirostris papillomavirus type 1 (TmPV-1) were determined. TmPV-1 is the first virus isolated from the order of Sirenia. A phylogenetic analysis shows that TmPV-1 is only distantly related to other papillomavirus sequences, and it appears in our phylogenetic tree as a novel close-to-root papillomavirus genus.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical & Epidemiological Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Annabel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rector
authors.forename: Gregory D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Bossart
authors.forename: Shin-Je
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ghim
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sundberg
authors.forename: A Bennett
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Jenson
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Ranst
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D020457:Trichechus manatus / Q000821:virology*