Evidence of Three New Members of Malignant Catarrhal Fever Virus Group in Muskox (Ovibos moschatus), Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), and Gemsbok (Oryx gazella)
| Autor: | Katherine L. Gailbreath, Timothy B. Crawford, Janice Keller, Hong Li, Keith West, Louis C. Bender |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Rhadinovirus viruses Molecular Sequence Data Animals Wild Odocoileus Polymerase Chain Reaction Virus Serology law.invention law biology.animal Animals Amino Acid Sequence Phylogeny Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Polymerase chain reaction Base Sequence Ecology biology Goats Ruminants Sequence Analysis DNA biology.organism_classification Virology Oryx Nubian ibex Antelopes Malignant Catarrh DNA Viral Cattle Female Capra Sequence Alignment |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 39:875-880 |
| ISSN: | 0090-3558 |
| DOI: | 10.7589/0090-3558-39.4.875 |
| Popis: | Six members of the malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) virus group of ruminant rhadinoviruses have been identified to date. Four of these viruses are clearly associated with clinical disease: alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1) carried by wildebeest (Connochaetes spp.); ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2), ubiquitous in domestic sheep; caprine herpesvirus 2 (CpHV-2), endemic in domestic goats; and the virus of unknown origin found causing classic MCF in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus; MCFV-WTD). Using serology and polymerase chain reaction with (degenerate primers targeting a portion of the herpesviral DNA polymerase gene, evidence of three previously unrecognized rhadinoviruses in the MCF virus group was found in muskox (Ovibos moschatus), Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), and gemsbok (South African oryx, Oryx gazella), respectively. Base on sequence alignment, the viral sequence in the muskox is most closely related to MCFV-WTD (81.5% sequence identity) and that in the Nubian ibex is closest to CpHV-2 (89.3% identity). The viral sequence in the gemsbok is most closely related to AlHV-1 (85.1% identity). No evidence of disease association with these viruses has been found. |
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