Novel Mammalian orthorubulavirus 5 Discovered as Accidental Cell Culture Contaminant.
Brandi J FeehanAleksey A PeninAlexey N MukhinDeepak KumarAnna S MoskvinaKizkhalum M KhametovaAnton G YuzhakovMaria I MusienkoAlexey D ZaberezhnyTaras I AliperDouglas MarthalerKonstantin P AlekseevPublished in: Viruses (2019)
A distinct Russian Mammalian orthorubulavirus 5 (PIV5) was detected in cell culture exhibiting cytopathic effect and hypothesized to be contaminated by a scientist with respiratory symptoms. The identification of the divergent strain indicated a lack of knowledge on the diversity of PIV5 strains and calls for surveillance of global PIV5 strains.