Genome Sequences of a Rat Polyomavirus Related to Murine Polyomavirus, Rattus norvegicus Polyomavirus 1.
We amplified and sequenced six complete genomes of a polyomavirus from feral Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and from a long-term breeding colony derived from Norway rats. This virus, which is closely related to hamster polyomavirus and murine polyomavirus, may contribute to understanding the evolutionary history of rodent polyomaviruses.
Division 12 "Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Viruses Affecting Immunocompromised Patients," Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany ehlersb@rki.de.
Bernhard
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Ehlers
Environmental Systems Analysis, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Dania
D
Richter
Potsdam University Outpatient Clinic, Potsdam University, Potsdam, Germany.
Franz-Rainer
FR
Matuschka
Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
Rainer G
RG
Ulrich