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Two novel picornaviruses have been found in the faeces of
ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur
catta) and black-and-white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata) in the USA (Lim et al.,
2015). They have been named lesavirus 1 and lesavirus 2 and
are most closely related to the
hunniviruses and
teschoviruses.
Lesavirus 2 belongs to a new species, Malagasivirus
B in the genus Malagasivirus. Genome organisation: VPg+5′UTRIRES-II[L/1A-1B-1C-1D-2Anpgp/2B-2C/3A-3BVPg-3Cpro-3Dpol]3′UTR-poly(A) References Lim, E.S., Deem, S.L., Porton, I.J., Cao, S. and Wang, D. (2015). Species-specific transmission of novel picornaviruses in lemurs. J. Virol. 89: 4002–4010. |