ParvoDB ID PV016654 GenBank Accession KJ495710
Subfamily Parvovirinae Genus Protoparvovirus
Species Protoparvovirus incertum1 Sequence Length 4424
Definition Tusavirus 1 strain Tu491 NS1, putative VP1, and VP2 genes, complete cds. Submission Date 2014-02-24
Strain Name Tu491 Sampling Date 2003
Sampling Country Tunisia Location Tunisia
Submitted By Phan,T. and Delwart,E. Submitting Institution Virology, Blood Systems Research Institute, 270 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Original Host None Sample Type fecal samples
Standardized Host Name Homo sapiens Host Tax Rank species
Standardized Host Class Mammalia Standardized Host Order Primates
Environmental Origin - N/A - Reagent Origin - N/A -
Number Reagent/Consumables Purpose PMID/Url Reference
1 0.45-μm filter (Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany) To remove bacterium-sized particles from the fecal supernatants. 25340816 View Related Publication
2 Turbo DNase (Ambion, Carlsbad, CA, USA) To digest unprotected nucleic acids in the filtrates.
3 Baseline-ZERO (Epicenter, Madison, WI, USA) To digest unprotected nucleic acids in the filtrates.
4 Benzonase (Novagen, San Diego, CA, USA) To digest unprotected nucleic acids in the filtrates.
5 RNase (Fermentas, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) To digest unprotected nucleic acids in the filtrates.
6 ScriptSeq v2 RNA-Seq Library Preparation Kit (Epicenter) To extract and amplify enriched viral nucleic acids (RNA and DNA).
7 RACE (Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends, Life Technologies) To amplify the 5′ and 3′ extremities of the near complete parvovirus genome.
8 Nested PCR primers: Tusa-F1, Tusa-R1, Tusa-F2, Tusa-R2 To target NS1 and determine the prevalence of the virus in the diarrhea samples.