Virome in the cloaca of wild and breeding birds revealed a diversity of significant viruses

Abstract Background Wild birds may harbor and transmit viruses that are potentially pathogenic to humans, domestic animals, and other wildlife. Results Using the viral metagenomic approach, we investigated the virome of cloacal swab specimens collected from 3182 birds (the majority of them wild spec...

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Main Authors: Tongling Shan, Shixing Yang, Haoning Wang, Hao Wang, Ju Zhang, Ga Gong, Yuqing Xiao, Jie Yang, Xiaolong Wang, Juan Lu, Min Zhao, Zijun Yang, Xiang Lu, Ziyuan Dai, Yumin He, Xu Chen, Rui Zhou, Yuxin Yao, Ning Kong, Jian Zeng, Kalim Ullah, Xiaochun Wang, Quan Shen, Xutao Deng, Jianmin Zhang, Eric Delwart, Guangzhi Tong, Wen Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01246-7