ParvoDB ID PV021776 GenBank Accession KU871314
Subfamily Parvovirinae Genus Tetraparvovirus
Species Tetraparvovirus primate1 Sequence Length 5160
Definition Human parvovirus 4 isolate K172C, complete genome. Submission Date 2016-03-03
Strain Name K172C Sampling Date
Sampling Country South Africa Location Durban and Kimberley (South Africa) and Gaborone (Botswana), South Africa
Submitted By Sharp,C.P., Gregory,W.F., Malik,A., Jooste,P., Ndung'u,T., Ogwu,A., Shapiro,R., Riddell,L., Chen,F., Luzzi,G., Adland,E., Goulder,P.J.R., Simmonds,P., Klenerman,P. and Matthews,P.C. Submitting Institution Infection and Immunity, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, The Roslin Institute Building, Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, Scotland
Original Host Homo sapiens Sample Type serum 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 Superscript III reverse transcriptase For synthesizing cDNA from RNA samples. 28497124 View Related Publication
2 RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen) For extracting RNA from pooled serum samples.
3 GoTaq DNA polymerase (Promega) For performing PCR reactions.
4 DNeasy blood and tissue kit (Qiagen) For extracting DNA from pooled serum samples.
5 BigDye Terminator v3.1 (Applied Biosystems) For performing direct amplicon sequencing for PARV4.
6 Biokit enzyme immune assay (Barcelona, Spain) For determining HBsAg status.
7 Murex HBsAg v3 (DiaSorin) For detecting HBsAg.
8 PCR-sequence specific primer typing For obtaining high resolution HLA Class I data.
9 BAC TO GG Indirect ELISA for PARV4 IgG screening.
10 Roche Amplicor Version 1.5 assay (Rotkreuz, Switzerland) or Abbott Laboratories m2000 platform (Abbott Park, IL, USA) For determining HIV-1 RNA viral load.
11 Cryopreserved PBMCs For screening ex vivo CD8+ T cell responses using IFN-gamma ELISpot assays.
12 IFN-gamma ELISpot assays For quantifying IFN-gamma responses to PARV4 peptides.
13 Schafer-N peptides For synthesizing truncations of PARV4 epitopes for IFN-gamma ELISpot assays.
14 PBMC ELISpot media For maintaining PBMCs during ELISpot assays.