Viruses (Aug 2019)

Novel <i>Mammalian orthorubulavirus 5</i> Discovered as Accidental Cell Culture Contaminant

  • Brandi J. Feehan,
  • Aleksey A. Penin,
  • Alexey N. Mukhin,
  • Deepak Kumar,
  • Anna S. Moskvina,
  • Kizkhalum M. Khametova,
  • Anton G. Yuzhakov,
  • Maria I. Musienko,
  • Alexey D. Zaberezhny,
  • Taras I. Aliper,
  • Douglas Marthaler,
  • Konstantin P. Alekseev

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/v11090777
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 9
p. 777

Abstract

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A distinct Russian Mammalian orthorubulavirus 5 (PIV5) was detected in cell culture exhibiting cytopathic effect and hypothesized to be contaminated by a scientist with respiratory symptoms. The identification of the divergent strain indicated a lack of knowledge on the diversity of PIV5 strains and calls for surveillance of global PIV5 strains.

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