ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Microbiol.
Sec. Virology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1590538
This article is part of the Research TopicMicrobial Symbiosis and Infectious Disease Dynamics in Reptiles and WildfowlView all 6 articles
First detection of a lizard-associated papillomavirus in the splendid japalure (Japalura splendida) from southwestern China
Provisionally accepted
- 1Yibin University, Yibin, China
- 2Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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Papillomaviruses have been previously identified in turtles, snakes, and geckos. In this study, high-throughput sequencing and virus-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis were employed to detect a papillomavirus strain, designated JsPV, in the oral cavity of the splendid japalure (Japalura splendida) in southwestern China. The presence of JsPV in oral samples was confirmed using PCR with consensus primers.The complete JsPV genome was sequenced, comprising 7 222 bp. Phylogenetic analysis based on the L1 protein revealed that JsPV clustered closely with geckoderived strains (HfrePV1 and HfrePV2) and other sauropsid-associated papillomaviruses, while remaining distinct from mammalian-and fish-associated lineages. These findings provide insights into the evolutionary origins of papillomaviruses in reptiles.
Keywords: evolution, Japalura splendida, Lizard, papillomavirus, reptile
Received: 09 Mar 2025; Accepted: 04 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: Xiaoliang Hu, Yibin University, Yibin, China
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