title: Chapparvoviruses occur in at least three vertebrate classes and have a broad biogeographic distribution.
abstract: Chapparvoviruses are a highly divergent group of parvoviruses (family Parvoviridae) that have recently been identified via metagenomic sampling of animal faeces. Here, we report the sequences of six novel chapparvoviruses identified through both metagenomic sampling of bat tissues and in silico screening of published vertebrate genome assemblies. The novel chapparvoviruses share several distinctive genomic features and group together as a robustly supported monophyletic clade in phylogenetic trees. Our data indicate that chapparvoviruses have a broad host range in vertebrates and a global distribution.
authors.affiliation: Virology Research Center, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.|MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: William Marciel de
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Virology Research Center, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marilia Farignoli
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Romeiro
authors.affiliation: Virology Research Center, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcílio Jorge
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fumagalli
authors.affiliation: MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: Sejal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Modha
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jansen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Araujo
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, São Paulo State University, Araçatuba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luzia Helena
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edison Luiz
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Durigon
authors.affiliation: Virology Research Center, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Tadeu Moraes
authors.initials: LTM
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: Pablo Ramiro
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Murcia
authors.affiliation: MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: Robert James
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gifford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002171:Canaries / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology; D002428:Cebus / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D023061:Gene Order; D016679:Genome, Viral; D056186:Metagenomics; D019219:Parvovirinae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D058974:Phylogeography; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*