James Lima Ferreira, Edivaldo Costa Sousa Junior, Jessylene Almeida Ferreira, Poliana da Silva Lemos, Fernando Neto Tavares, Mirleide Cordeiro Dos Santos, Marcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes, Rita Catarina Medeiros Sousa
We report the near-complete genome of a divergent Megrivirus strain (avian/JF05/BA/BRA) detected in cloacal swabs collected from wild birds in Northeast Brazil. Genome assembly and annotation revealed a 9,680 bp RNA genome with moderate similarities up to 61.8% on the nucleotide level with members of the species Megrivirus aturhepa. The study highlights the importance of viral surveillance in wild birds.