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  Megrivirus B is a species in the genus Megrivirus and contains the mesiviruses.

Mesiviruses have been detected in wild pigeons in Hong Kong SAR and Hungary (Phan et al., 2013).

Origin of name: Megrivirus sisterclade virus.

Genome organisation:

VPg+5'UTRIRES-IV[1AB-1C-1D/2A1-2A2H-box/NC-2B-2C/3A-3BVPg-3Cpro-3Dpol]3'UTR-poly(A)


References

Phan, T.G., Vo, N.P., Boros, Á., Pankovics, P., Reuter, G., Li, O.T.W., Wang, C., Deng, X., Poon, L.L.M. and Delwart, E. (2013). The viruses of wild pigeon droppings. PLoS ONE 8 (9): e72787.

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