#VIRAL #METAGENOMIC #SURVEY OF #CASPIAN #SEALS, BioRxIV: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07.14.603418v1

Sequencing libraries from 35 seals sampled 2009-2020 were analysed, finding sequences from viral families #Picornaviridae, #Adenoviridae, #Circoviridae, #Herpesviridae, #Papillomaviridae, #Caliciviridae, #Orthomyxoviridae, #Anelloviridae, #Smacoviridae, #Cruciviridae & #Parvoviridae... Among seq. recovered were partial contigs for #influenza B, representing only 2nd molecular identification in marine mammals.