title: Identification of a chicken anemia virus variant-related gyrovirus in stray cats in china, 2012.
abstract: The chicken anemia virus (CAV), is a known member of the genus Gyrovirus and was first isolated from chickens in Japan in 1979. Some reports have also demonstrated that CAV can be identified in human stool specimens. In this study, a variant of CAV was detected using PCR with CAV-based primers in fecal samples of stray cats. The genome of CAV variant was sequenced and the results suggest that it could be a recombinant viral strain from parental CAV strains JQ690762 and AF311900. Recombination is an important evolutionary mechanism that contributes to genetic diversification. These findings indicate that CAV variant might have originated from CAV-infected chickens. The epidemiology and pathogenesis of this novel virus remains to be elucidated. This study underscores the importance of CAV surveillance and it presents the first evidence suggesting the possibility of CAV homologous recombination in cat.
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China.
authors.forename: Xinheng
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3061-3743
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
authors.forename: Yuanjia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China.
authors.forename: Baoli
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
authors.forename: Chunyi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China.
authors.forename: Jingyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China.
authors.forename: Yingzuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China ; Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China.
authors.forename: Qingmei
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000821:virology*; D017727:Chicken anemia virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002681:China; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment