Novel Circovirus in Blood from Intravenous Drug Users, Yunnan, China

Abstract

We identified a novel circovirus (human-associated circovirus 2 [HuCV2]) from the blood of 2 intravenous drug users in China who were infected with HIV-1, hepatitis C virus, or both. HuCV2 is most closely related to porcine circovirus 3. Our findings underscore the risk for HuCV2 and other emerging viruses among this population.

Keywords

• circovirus
• IDU
• intravenous drug users
• viruses
• viral metagenomics
• emerging virus