Detection and Molecular Characterization of Gemycircularvirus from Environmental Samples in Brazil

• DOI: 10.1007/s12560-016-9254-4
• Publication Date: 2016-07-08T07:31:16Z
• Authors: Matheus Ribeiro d...; Carmen Baur Vieira; Julia Monassa Fio...; Mônica Simões Rocha; Pedro Ivo Neves d...; Marize Pereira Mi...; Tulio Machado Fumian
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; Rivers; Viruses; Wastewater; Brazil; Phylogeny; 6. Clean water; Environmental Monitoring; 3. Good health

Gemycircularvirus (GemyCV) is a group of viruses which has been recently proposed as a new viral genus detected in fecal and environmental samples around the world. GemyCVs have been detected in human blood, brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and stool sample. In the present study, we demonstrate for the first time, through molecular detection and characterization, the presence of GemyCVs in environmental samples from Brazil. Our results show a percentage of positivity ranging from 69 (25/36) to 97 % (35/36) in river water samples collected in Manaus, Amazon region, and wastewater from a wastewater treatment plant located in Rio de Janeiro, respectively, revealing GemyCVs as an important environmental contaminant.