Analysis of two human parvovirus PARV4 genotypes identified in human plasma for fractionation

J Gen Virol. 2007 Aug;88(Pt 8):2162-2167. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.82620-0.

Abstract

The presence of the novel parvovirus PARV4 and a related variant, PARV5, was recently demonstrated in pooled plasma used in the manufacture of blood and plasma-derived medicinal products. DNA sequence analysis of nearly full-length genomes of four PARV4 and two PARV5 strains from manufacturing plasma pools is now presented. Like PARV4, PARV5 encodes two non-overlapping open reading frames (ORF1 and ORF2), homologous to the non-structural and capsid proteins of other parvoviruses, respectively. A highly conserved region in ORF2 contains phospholipase A2 motifs involved in parvovirus infectivity. Hybridization of strand-specific probes to DNA extracted from high-titre, PARV4-positive plasma revealed that the positive and negative strands are packaged into PARV4 virions in similar quantities. This extended analysis of nearly full-length PARV4 and PARV5 sequences suggests that they are closely related genotypes and the use of a single virus name, PARV4, comprising genotypes 1 and 2 (previously termed PARV5) is proposed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Capsid Proteins / genetics
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Open Reading Frames / genetics
  • Parvoviridae Infections / virology*
  • Parvovirus / classification
  • Parvovirus / genetics*
  • Parvovirus / isolation & purification
  • Phospholipases A / genetics
  • Phospholipases A2
  • Phylogeny
  • Plasma / virology*
  • Sequence Homology
  • Species Specificity
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Capsid Proteins
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins
  • Phospholipases A
  • Phospholipases A2

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ873386
  • GENBANK/DQ873387
  • GENBANK/DQ873388
  • GENBANK/DQ873389
  • GENBANK/DQ873390
  • GENBANK/DQ873391