Crohivirus A

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Crohivirus A is species with the genus Crohivirus. Crohivirus 1 (CroV-1) is a novel picornavirus found the lesser red musk shrew (Crocidura hirta) which is found in southern Africa. The genome sequence is most closely related to the parechoviruses (Sasaki et al., 2014).

Genome organisation

VPg+5'UTR[1AB-1C-1D/2A1^npgp/2A2-2B-2C/3A-3B^VPg-3C^pro-3D^pol]3'UTR-poly(A)

References

Sasaki, M., Orba, Y., Ueno, K., Ishii, A., Moonga, L., Hang'ombe, B.M., Mweene, A.S., Ito, K. and Sawa, H. (2015). Metagenomic analysis of shrew enteric virome reveals novel viruses related to human stool-associated viruses. J. Gen. Virol. 96: 440-452.