AUTHOR=Du Jiang , Wang Wenqi , Chan Jasper Fuk-Woo , Wang Gaoyu , Huang Yi , Yi Yufang , Zhu Zheng , Peng Ruoyan , Hu Xiaoyuan , Wu Yue , Zeng Jifeng , Zheng Jiping , Cui Xiuji , Niu Lina , Zhao Wei , Lu Gang , Yuen Kwok-Yung , Yin Feifei TITLE=Identification of a Novel Ichthyic Parvovirus in Marine Species in Hainan Island, China JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=10 YEAR=2019 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02815 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2019.02815 ISSN=1664-302X ABSTRACT=
Parvoviruses are a diverse group of viruses that are capable of infecting a wide range of animals. In this study, we report the discovery of a novel parvovirus, tilapia parvovirus HMU-HKU, in the fecal samples of crocodiles and intestines of tilapia in Hainan Province, China. The novel parvovirus was firstly identified from crocodiles fed with tilapia using next-generation sequencing (NGS). Screening studies revealed that the prevalence of the novel parvovirus in crocodile feces samples fed on tilapia (75–86%) was apparently higher than that in crocodiles fed with chicken (4%). Further studies revealed that the prevalence of the novel parvovirus in tilapia feces samples collected at four areas in Hainan Province was between 40 and 90%. Four stains of the novel parvovirus were identified in this study based on sequence analyses of NS1 and all the four strains were found in tilapia in contrast only two of them were detected in crocodile feces. The nearly full-length genome sequence of the tilapia parvovirus HMU-HKU-1 was determined and showed less than 45.50 and 40.38% amino acid identity with other members of