Genomics insights reveal multi-year maintenance of a new Deltacoronavirus infecting Seabirds from the Cagarras Island Archipelago Natural Monument, Brazil
Yago José Mariz Dias, Alexandre Freitas da Silva, Allan Rodrigues, Fernanda Regis Gomes, Leonardo Corrêa, Paola Cristina Resende, Marilda Mendonça Siqueira, Marina Galvão Bueno, Tatiana Ribeiro, Paula Gabriela Quintana, Larissa Schmauder Teixeira da Cunha, Luciana Appolinario, Hudson Marques Paula Costa, Marcione Brito de Oliveira, Dilmara Reischak, , Maria Ogrzewalska
The paper detects deltacoronaviruses in seabirds from Brazil, identifies full and draft genomes, and finds evidence of long-term viral maintenance through reinfection and immune escape mutations.
bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology