title: Genome analysis of bat adenovirus 2: indications of interspecies transmission.
abstract: The genome of bat adenovirus 2 was sequenced and analyzed. It is similar in size (31,616 bp) to the genomes of bat adenovirus 3 and canine adenoviruses 1 and 2. These four viruses are monophyletic and share an identical genome organization, with one E3 gene and four E4 genes unique to this group among the mastadenoviruses. These findings suggest that canine adenoviruses may have originated by interspecies transfer of a vespertilionid bat adenovirus.
authors: Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security, Berlin, Germany. KohlC@rki.de
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Kohl
authors: Márton Z
authors: MZ
authors: Vidovszky
authors: Kristin
authors: K
authors: Mühldorfer
authors: Piotr Wojtek
authors: PW
authors: Dabrowski
authors: Aleksandar
authors: A
authors: Radonić
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Nitsche
authors: Gudrun
authors: G
authors: Wibbelt
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Kurth
authors: Balázs
authors: B
authors: Harrach
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008297:Male; D016366:Open Reading Frames