Complete Genome Sequence of the Crocuta crocuta Papillomavirus Type 1 (CcrPV1) from a Spotted Hyena, the First Papillomavirus Characterized in a Member of the Hyaenidae

Stevens, Hans; Heylen, Elisabeth; De Keyser, Karlien; Maes, Roger; Kiupel, Matti; Wise, Annabel; Nelson, Keith; Holekamp, Kay; Engh, Anne; McKnight, Christy; Van Ranst, Marc; Rector, Annabel

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00062-12

Complete Genome Sequence of the Crocuta crocuta Papillomavirus Type 1 (CcrPV1) from a Spotted Hyena, the First Papillomavirus Characterized in a Member of the Hyaenidae

Author:

Stevens, Hans

Heylen, Elisabeth ; De Keyser, Karlien ; Maes, Roger ; Kiupel, Matti ; Wise, Annabel ; Nelson, Keith ; Holekamp, Kay ; Engh, Anne ; McKnight, Christy ; Van Ranst, Marc ; Rector, Annabel

Keywords:

complete Genome Sequence, CcrPV1, animal papillomavirus, Hyaenidae, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Microbiology, 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 0604 Genetics, 0605 Microbiology, 3107 Microbiology

Abstract:

We report the complete genomic sequence of the Crocuta crocuta papillomavirus type 1 (CcrPV1), isolated from an oral papillomatous lesion of a wild spotted hyena. This virus is the first papillomavirus found in a species belonging to the Hyaenidae family of carnivores, and it can be classified in the genus Lambdapapillomavirus.