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J Gen Virol 85 (2004), 555-561; DOI 10.1099/vir.0.19616-0

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© 2004 Society for General Microbiology

Short Communication

A parvovirus isolated from royal python (Python regius) is a member of the genus Dependovirus

Szilvia L. Farkas1, Zoltán Zádori2, Mária Benko1, Sandra Essbauer3, Balázs Harrach1 and Peter Tijssen2

1 Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PO Box 18, H-1581 Budapest, Hungary
2 INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, 531 boul. des Praires, Laval, Quebec, Canada H7V 1B7
3 Institute for Zoology, Fish Biology, Fish Diseases, University of Munich, Germany

Correspondence
Peter Tijssen
peter.tijssen{at}inrs-iaf.uquebec.ca

Parvoviruses were isolated from Python regius and Boa constrictor snakes and propagated in viper heart (VH-2) and iguana heart (IgH-2) cells. The full-length genome of a snake parvovirus was cloned and both strands were sequenced. The organization of the 4432-nt-long genome was found to be typical of parvoviruses. This genome was flanked by inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) of 154 nt, containing 122 nt terminal hairpins and contained two large open reading frames, encoding the non-structural and structural proteins. Genes of this new parvovirus were most similar to those from waterfowl parvoviruses and from adeno-associated viruses (AAVs), albeit to a relatively low degree and with some organizational differences. The structure of its ITRs also closely resembled those of AAVs. Based on these data, we propose to classify this virus, the first serpentine parvovirus to be identified, as serpentine adeno-associated virus (SAAV) in the genus Dependovirus.

The GenBank accession number of the sequence reported in this paper is AY349010.




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