Open AccessA Divergent Variant of the Eleventh Human Polyomavirus Species, Saint Louis Polyomavirus
Author(s) -
Diana V. Pastrana,
Peter Fitzgerald,
Giao Q. Phan,
Manish T. Raiji,
Philip M. Murphy,
David H. McDermott,
Daniel Velez,
Valery Bliskovsky,
Alison A. McBride,
Christopher B. Buck
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
genome announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2169-8287
DOI - 10.1128/genomea.00812-13
Subject(s) - biology , saint , deep sequencing , feces , virology , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , genome , art history , history
Saint Louis polyomavirus (STLPyV) was recently discovered in human feces. Using random-primed rolling circle amplification combined with deep sequencing, we have found a divergent variant of STLPyV in a sanitized human skin wart specimen. The result strongly suggests that STLPyV directly infects humans and is not simply a dietary contaminant.