title: A novel bocavirus from domestic mink, China.
abstract: Bocaviruses have been found in the feces of humans and a variety of animals, including pigs, cattle, dogs, gorillas, cats, and sea lions. Here, we have characterized the almost complete genome (5224 nt) of a novel bocavirus from feces of domestic minks, which has been provisionally named mink bocavirus. The NS1 protein of mink bocavirus shared 36.9-52 % amino acid sequence identities with those of other known bocaviruses and phylogenetically clustered with bocaviruses from other carnivores. According to the genetic distance-based criteria, mink bocavirus qualifies as a novel species of bocavirus. PCR of feces from a group of domestic minks, which included both healthy animals and animals suffering from diarrhea, revealed that 30 % (9/30) shed virus. However, no association between viral shedding and the presence of diarrhea could be determined.
authors: School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China.
authors: Shixing
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9899-8291
authors: S
authors: Yang
authors: School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China.
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Wang
authors: School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China.
authors: Wang
authors: W
authors: Li
authors: Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Heze University, Heze, People's Republic of China.
authors: Zhaobin
authors: Z
authors: Fan
authors: Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Heze University, Heze, People's Republic of China.
authors: Lili
authors: L
authors: Jiang
authors: School of Basic Medical Sciences, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, People's Republic of China.
authors: Yuan
authors: Y
authors: Lin
authors: School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China.
authors: Xingli
authors: X
authors: Fu
authors: School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China.
authors: Quan
authors: Q
authors: Shen
authors: School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China.
authors: Zixuan
authors: Z
authors: Sun
authors: School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China.
authors: Xiaochun
authors: X
authors: Wang
authors: Blood Systems Research Institute, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Xutao
authors: X
authors: Deng
authors: School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China. z0216wen@yahoo.com.
authors: Wen
authors: W
authors: Zhang
authors: Blood Systems Research Institute, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Delwart
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D052660:Bocavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D004279:DNA, Viral; D023061:Gene Order; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008907:Mink / Q000821:virology*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral
keywords: Bocavirus; Genome structure; Mink; Phylogenetic analysis; Viral metagenomics