# Coding-complete genome of human cytomegalovirus extracted from a nasopharyngeal swab in Brazil

**Authors:** Amanda Mendes Silva Cruz, Edivaldo Costa Sousa, Luana Soares Barbagelata, Wanderley Dias das Chagas, Agatha Monike Silva Nunes, Miriam Teresinha Furlam Prando Livorati, Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira de Almeida, João Farias da Trindade, Andreia Santos Costa, Fernando Neto Tavares, Maísa Silva de Sousa, Mirleide Cordeiro dos Santos

PMC · DOI: 10.1128/mra.00985-25 · 2026-01-13

## TL;DR

The paper presents the full genome sequence of a human cytomegalovirus isolated from a Brazilian infant with respiratory illness.

## Contribution

The study provides a complete coding genome of a cytomegalovirus strain from a clinical sample in Brazil.

## Key findings

- The genome was extracted from a nasopharyngeal swab of a 5-month-old infant.
- The sample was collected during a respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in Brazil.

## Abstract

We report the coding-complete genome sequence of Cytomegalovirus humanbeta5 (BR/2023-012844/IEC/NS/2023), recovered from a nasopharyngeal swab collected from a 5-month-old infant with severe acute respiratory syndrome during a respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in Brazil.

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** severe acute respiratory syndrome (MONDO:0005091)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (taxon 9606)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** severe acute respiratory syndrome (MESH:D045169)
- **Species:** Human betaherpesvirus 5 (no rank) [taxon 10359], Respiratory syncytial virus (no rank) [taxon 12814]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12896294