First report of Phodopus sungorus papillomavirus type 1 infection in Roborovski hamsters (Phodopus roborovskii)

Gimpelj Domjanič, G. (author), Hošnjak, Lea (author), Lunar, Maja M. (author), Skubic, Lucijan (author), Zorec, Tomaž Mark (author), Račnik, Joško (author), Cigler, Blaž (author), Poljak, Mario (author)

Papillomaviruses (PVs) are considered highly species-specific with cospeciation as the main driving force in their evolution. However, a recent increase in the available PV genome sequences has revealed inconsistencies in virus–host phylogenies, which could be explained by adaptive radiation, recombination, host-switching events and a broad PV host range. Unfortunately, with a relatively low number of animal PVs characterized, understanding these incongruities remains elusive. To improve knowledge of biology and the spread of animal PV, we collected 60 swabs of the anogenital and head and neck regions from a healthy colony of 30 Roborovski hamsters (Phodopus roborovskii) and detected PVs in 44/60 (73.3%) hamster samples. This is the first report of PV infection in Roborovski hamsters. Moreover, Phodopus sungorus papillomavirus type 1 (PsuPV1), previously characterized in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus), was the only PV detected in Roborovski hamsters. In addition, after a detailed literature search, review and summary of published evidence and construction of a tanglegram linking the cladograms of PVs and their hosts, our findings were discussed in the context of available knowledge on PVs described in at least two different host species.

• Language: English
• Keywords: papillomavirus, Phodopus sungorus papillomavirus type 1 (PsuPV1), Phodopus roborovskii, molecular analysis, phylogenetic analysis, evolution, viral cross-species transmission, Papillomaviridae, Phodopus, phylogeny
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: MF - Faculty of Medicine; VF - Veterinary Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: 12 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 13, iss. 5, art. 739
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-128693
• UDC: 636.09:616.9:578
• ISSN on article: 1999-4915
• DOI: 10.3390/v13050739
• COBISS.SI-ID: 61114883
• Publication date in RUL: 23.07.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Viruses
• Shortened title: Viruses
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 1999-4915
• COBISS.SI-ID: 517597977

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