Ng Terry Fei Fan, Wellehan James F X, Coleman James K, Kondov Nikola O, Deng Xutao, Waltzek Thomas B, Reuter Gábor, Knowles Nick J, Delwart Eric
Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA,
Arch Virol. 2015 May;160(5):1319-23. doi: 10.1007/s00705-015-2366-6. Epub 2015 Feb 28.
While picornaviruses can cause diseases in many mammals, little is known of their host range for replication in non-mammalian vertebrates. Here, a picornavirus in liver and kidney tissues from diseased Sulawesi tortoises (Indotestudo forsteni) was genetically characterized. Tortoise rafivirus A (ToRaV-A, KJ415177) represents a potential new genus in the family Picornaviridae, for which we propose the name "Rafivirus". Our finding confirms the susceptibility of reptiles to picornaviruses.
虽然小核糖核酸病毒可在许多哺乳动物中引发疾病，但对于它们在非哺乳动物脊椎动物中的复制宿主范围却知之甚少。在此，对患病苏拉威西陆龟（印度陆龟）肝脏和肾脏组织中的一种小核糖核酸病毒进行了基因特征分析。陆龟拉菲病毒A（ToRaV-A，KJ415177）代表了小核糖核酸病毒科中一个潜在的新属，我们为此提议将其命名为“拉菲病毒”。我们的发现证实了爬行动物对小核糖核酸病毒易感。
