“…Both types of viruses have also been detected in the peripheral blood and reproductive tissues samples of cattle, indicating vertical transmission (Carvalho et al, 2003;Roperto et al, 2008;Diniz et al, 2009). Recently, the genome of a new BPV type (BPV-13) was fully sequenced and identified as a Delta-BPV (Lunardi et al, 2013b). It has been attributed to the ability of bovine Deltapapillomavirus to infect different host species, causing the equine sarcoid (Nasir and Reid, 1999;Campo, 2008, Lunardi et al, 2013a).…”