Detection at high prevalence of newlavirus (protoparvovirus) in the carcasses of red foxes

Gianvito Lanave; Linda A Ndiana; Francesco Pellegrini; Georgia Diakoudi; Barbara Di Martino; Giovanni Sgroi; Nicola D'Alessio; Violetta Vasinioti; Michele Camero; Marta Canuti; Domenico Otranto; Nicola Decaro; Canio Buonavoglia; Vito Martella

doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198971

Detection at high prevalence of newlavirus (protoparvovirus) in the carcasses of red foxes

Virus Res. 2023 Jan 2:323:198971. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198971. Epub 2022 Oct 17.

Affiliations

¹ University of Bari, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Valenzano, Bari, Italy. Electronic address: gianvito.lanave@uniba.it.
² University of Bari, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
³ University of Teramo, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy.
⁴ University of Bari, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Valenzano, Bari, Italy; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Napoli, Italy.
⁵ Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Napoli, Italy.
⁶ Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Biology, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Abstract

Wildlife conservation also relies on the study of animal virome. We identified the DNA of a novel fox protoparvovirus, newlavirus, with high (71%) prevalence in the carcasses of red foxes. On genome sequencing, high genetic diversity and possible recombination was observed, suggesting complex evolutionary dynamics in wildlife.

Keywords: Fox; Newlavirus; Parvovirus; Recombination.