title: A Novel Chiropteran Circovirus Genome Recovered from a Brazilian Insectivorous Bat Species.
abstract: This report describes the identification and characterization of a novel circovirus using metagenomic approaches in respiratory fluid samples from Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis). The genome and deduced protein sequences share low identity with another circovirus recovered in distantly related bats from China.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil esmaile.sales@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Francisco Esmaile Sales
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Virology Laboratory, Immunology and Parasitology, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Samuel Paulo
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Cibulski
authors.affiliation: Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aline Gehlen
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Dall Bello
authors.affiliation: Fepagro Animal Health, Institute of Veterinary Research "DesidérioFinamor" (IPVDF), Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiana Quoos
authors.initials: FQ
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.affiliation: Health Monitoring, Centro Estadual de Vigilância em Saúde, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: André Alberto
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Virology Laboratory, Immunology and Parasitology, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Michel
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Roehe
authors.affiliation: Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro Alves
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: d'Azevedo