Detection of a bocavirus circular genome in fecal specimens from children with acute diarrhea in Beijing, China

PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e48980. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048980. Epub 2012 Nov 2.

Abstract

To determine if human bocavirus 2 (HBoV2) has a circular genome similar to the head-to-tail sequence of HBoV1 and the episomal form of HBoV3, 15 HBoV2 positive samples identified from 553 stool specimens from children with acute diarrhea were tested for a head-to-tail sequence using TaqMan-based real-time PCR. A circular genome with a head-to-tail sequence was identified in one (BJQ435) out of 15 samples tested by nested PCR. The complete circular genome of HBoV2-C1 (BJQ435) was 5307 nt in length and was flanked with a 520 nt-long terminal non-coding region (NCR). The secondary structure of HBoV2 -C1 had some differences compared to HBoV3-E1 (JN086998). Our study indicates that the HBoV genome exists in the form of a head-to-tail monomer and provides more information for understanding the HBoV replication mechanism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Base Sequence
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • China
  • DNA, Viral / analysis
  • Diarrhea / physiopathology*
  • Diarrhea / virology*
  • Feces
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / genetics
  • Gastroenteritis / virology
  • Genome, Viral
  • Human bocavirus / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Prevalence
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

Substances

  • DNA, Viral

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30872153, http://159.226.244.22/portal/ProjectDblDetail.asp?flag=true&name=%C7%AE%D4%A8&orgcode=10002003&organization=%CA%D7%B6%BC%B6%F9%BF%C6%D1%D0%BE%BF%CB%F9), and Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 7112021, http://www.bjnsf.org:8081/search/search_simp_p.jsp). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.