| identification and genomic characterization of a novel rat bocavirus from brown rats in china. | despite recent discoveries of novel animal bocaparvoviruses, current understandings on the diversity and evolution of bocaparvoviruses are still limited. we report the identification and genome characterization of a novel bocaparvovirus, rat bocaparvovirus (rbov), in brown rats (rattus norvegicus) in china. rbov was detected in 11.5%, 2.4%, 16.2% and 0.3% of alimentary, respiratory, spleen and kidney samples respectively, of 636 brown rats by pcr, but not in samples of other rodent species, sugg ... | 2017 | 27871815 |