First Detection and Characterization of Smacovirus in the Human Vagina in Two Sequential Samples over a Twelve-Day Interval
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Population and Study Design
2.2. Sample Collection and Data
2.3. Extraction, Enrichment of Viral DNA, and Library Preparation
2.4. Database and Viral Sequence Quality
2.5. Alignment and Annotation
2.6. Phylogenetic Reconstruction
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample 1 | Sample 2 | |
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Date of collection | 15 February 2022 | 26 February 2022 |
Length of fragment (bp) | 2466 | 2466 |
Coverage | 2350× | 1560× |
Number of reads | 23,180 | 15,289 |
a Genbank prototype | KP264966 | KP264966 |
Country | France | France |
Percent identity | 96% | 96% |
Year identified | 2008 | 2008 |
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da Costa, A.C.; Tozetto-Mendoza, T.R.; Foro Ramos, E.d.S.; Bortoletto, P.; Ferreira, N.E.; Honorato, L.; Garcia Barbosa, E.M.; Paião, H.G.O.; de Souza, A.F.; Linhares, I.M.; et al. First Detection and Characterization of Smacovirus in the Human Vagina in Two Sequential Samples over a Twelve-Day Interval. Viruses 2024, 16, 1545. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16101545
da Costa AC, Tozetto-Mendoza TR, Foro Ramos EdS, Bortoletto P, Ferreira NE, Honorato L, Garcia Barbosa EM, Paião HGO, de Souza AF, Linhares IM, et al. First Detection and Characterization of Smacovirus in the Human Vagina in Two Sequential Samples over a Twelve-Day Interval. Viruses. 2024; 16(10):1545. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16101545
Chicago/Turabian Styleda Costa, Antonio Charlys, Tania Regina Tozetto-Mendoza, Endrya do Socorro Foro Ramos, Pietro Bortoletto, Noely Evangelista Ferreira, Layla Honorato, Erick Matheus Garcia Barbosa, Heuder Gustavo Oliveira Paião, Amanda Fernandes de Souza, Iara M. Linhares, and et al. 2024. "First Detection and Characterization of Smacovirus in the Human Vagina in Two Sequential Samples over a Twelve-Day Interval" Viruses 16, no. 10: 1545. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16101545
APA Styleda Costa, A. C., Tozetto-Mendoza, T. R., Foro Ramos, E. d. S., Bortoletto, P., Ferreira, N. E., Honorato, L., Garcia Barbosa, E. M., Paião, H. G. O., de Souza, A. F., Linhares, I. M., Spandorfer, S. D., Leal, E., Mendes-Correa, M. C., & Witkin, S. S. (2024). First Detection and Characterization of Smacovirus in the Human Vagina in Two Sequential Samples over a Twelve-Day Interval. Viruses, 16(10), 1545. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16101545