Severe mottling symptoms were observed on Carica papaya L. in Koyonzo, Kakamega County, Kenya. Total RNA was sequenced via an RNAtag-seq workflow. Assembled contigs indicated the presence of a divergent strain of Moroccan watermelon mosaic virus (genus Potyvirus) with a complete genome length of 9,733 nt (GenBank accession no. MN418119). Additionally, the complete genome sequence of a novel member of the viral genus Allexivirus was determined (GenBank accession no. MN418120). The genome contains six open reading frames (ORFs) that show varying degrees of sequence similarity to members of the genus Allexivirus; however, it appears to lack an ORF encoding a nucleic-acid-binding homolog. The tentative name "papaya virus A" (PaVA) has been proposed for this virus.

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病毒超微分析表明，肯尼亚西部的番木瓜与独特的摩洛哥西瓜花叶病毒株和Alphaflexiviridae家族的新成员共同感染。

在肯尼亚Kakamega县Koyonzo的番木瓜上观察到严重的斑点症状。通过RNAtag-seq工作流程对总RNA进行测序。组装的重叠群表明存在不同的摩洛哥西瓜花叶病毒株（马铃薯病毒属），其完整基因组长度为9,733 nt（GenBank登录号MN418119）。此外，确定了病毒Allexivirus属的一个新成员的完整基因组序列（GenBank登录号为MN418120）。基因组包含六个开放阅读框（ORF），它们显示与Allexivirus属成员不同程度的序列相似性。然而，它似乎缺乏编码核酸结合同源物的ORF。该病毒的暂定名称为“木瓜病毒A”（PaVA）。