A Metagenomic Approach Identified a Novel Phasi Charoen-Like Virus Coinfecting a Chikungunya Virus-Infected Aedes aegypti Mosquito in Brazil

Marielton Dos Passos Cunha; Rafaella Sayuri Ioshino; André Luis Costa-da-Silva; Vivian Petersen; Margareth Lara Capurro; Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto

doi:10.1128/MRA.01572-19

A Metagenomic Approach Identified a Novel Phasi Charoen-Like Virus Coinfecting a Chikungunya Virus-Infected Aedes aegypti Mosquito in Brazil

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jul 30;9(31):e01572-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01572-19.

Authors

Marielton Dos Passos Cunha¹, Rafaella Sayuri Ioshino², André Luis Costa-da-Silva², Vivian Petersen², Margareth Lara Capurro², Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil marieltondospassos@gmail.com pzanotto@usp.br.
² Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

Insect-specific viruses do not replicate in vertebrates. Here, we report the genome sequence of a novel strain of a Phasi Charoen-like virus (PCLV) that was isolated from a wild Aedes aegypti mosquito collected in Aracajú, Sergipe State, Brazil. The coding-complete genome of the PCLV is described in this report.