Alphapolyomavirus
Alphapolyomavirus is one of eight genera of non-enveloped dsDNA viruses in the Polyomaviridae family. Member viruses primarily infect humans and other mammals. Transmission of the virus in humans is primarily spread via direct contact with parents or other high-contact individuals as children.
The primary alphapolyomavirus that is of clinical significance to humans is Merkel cell polyomavirus. The apparent oncogenicity of MCPyV similar to other cancer-causing viruses such as HPV, Epstein–Barr virus, and Hepatitis C virus is a main area of research for the scientific community.
Species
The genus contains the following species, listed by scientific name and followed by the exemplar virus of the species:Alphapolyomavirus acelebensis, Bat polyomavirus 5b2Alphapolyomavirus aflavicollis, Apodemus flavicollis polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus apaniscus, Ateles paniscus polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus callosciuri, Callosciurus erythraeus polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus cardiodermae, Cardioderma polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus carolliae, Bat polyomavirus 4bAlphapolyomavirus castoris, Castor fiber polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus chlopygerythrus, Vervet monkey polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus dobsoniae, Bat polyomavirus 5aAlphapolyomavirus eidoli, Eidolon polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus epserotini, Eptesicus serotinus polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus gorillae, Gorilla gorilla gorilla polyomavirus 1 Alphapolyomavirus macacae, Macaca fascicularis polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus mauratus, Hamster polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus mischreibersii, Miniopterus schreibersii polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus molossi, Bat polyomavirus 3bAlphapolyomavirus muris, Mouse polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus myodaubentonii, Myotis daubentonii polyomavirus 2Alphapolyomavirus nonihominis, Human polyomavirus 9Alphapolyomavirus octihominis, Trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus omartiensseni, Otomops polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus pacynocephalus, Yellow baboon polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus panos, Chimpanzee polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus philantombae, Philantomba monticola polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus pibadius, Piliocolobus badius polyomavirus 2Alphapolyomavirus pirufomitratus, Piliocolobus rufomitratus polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus ponabelii, Sumatran orang-utan polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus ponpygmaeus, Bornean orang-utan polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus procyonis, Raccoon polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus ptevampyrus, Bat polyomavirus 5b1Alphapolyomavirus quardecihominis, LI polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus quartipanos, Pan troglodytes verus polyomavirus 3Alphapolyomavirus quintihominis, Merkel cell polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus quintipanos, Pan troglodytes verus polyomavirus 4Alphapolyomavirus ranorvegicus, Rattus norvegicus polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus saraneus, Sorex araneus polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus secarplanirostris, Bat polyomavirus 3aAlphapolyomavirus secomartiensseni, Otomops polyomavirus 2Alphapolyomavirus secumastomysis, Mastomys natalensis polyomavirus 2Alphapolyomavirus secumischreibersii, Miniopterus schreibersii polyomavirus 2Alphapolyomavirus secupanos, Pan troglodytes verus polyomavirus 1aAlphapolyomavirus septipanos, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii polyomavirus 2Alphapolyomavirus sextipanos, Pan troglodytes verus polyomavirus 5Alphapolyomavirus socoronatus, Sorex coronatus polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus sominutus, Sorex minutus polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus sturnirae, Bat polyomavirus 3a-B0454Alphapolyomavirus suis, Sus scrofa polyomavirus 1Alphapolyomavirus terdecihominis, New Jersey polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus tertarplanisrostris, Bat polyomavirus 4aAlphapolyomavirus tertichlopygerythrus, Vervet monkey polyomavirus 3Alphapolyomavirus tertimastomysis, Mastomys natalensis polyomavirus 3Alphapolyomavirus tertipanos, Pan troglodytes verus polyomavirus 2aAlphapolyomavirus tubelangeri, Tupaia belangeri polyomavirusAlphapolyomavirus tuglis, Tupaia glis polyomavirus 1