Hayer, Juliette and Wille, Michelle and Font, Alejandro and Gonzalez-Aravena, Marcelo and Norder, Helene and Malmberg, Maja
(2021).
Four novel picornaviruses detected in Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) in Chile.
Virology. 560
, 116-123
[Research article]
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Abstract
Members of the Picornaviridae family comprise a significant burden on the poultry industry, causing diseases such as gastroenteritis and hepatitis. However, with the advent of metagenomics, a number of picornaviruses have now been revealed in apparently healthy wild birds. In this study, we identified four novel viruses belonging to the family Picornaviridae in healthy Magellanic penguins, a near threatened species. All samples were subsequently screened by RT-PCR for these new viruses, and approximately 20% of the penguins were infected with at least one of these viruses. The viruses were distantly related to members of the genera Hepatovirus, Tremovirus, Gruhelivirus and Crahelvirus. Further, they had more than 60% amino acid divergence from other picornaviruses, and therefore likely constitute novel genera. Our results demonstrate the vast undersampling of wild birds for viruses, and we expect the discovery of numerous avian viruses that are related to hepatoviruses and tremoviruses in the future.
| Authors/Creators: | Hayer, Juliette and Wille, Michelle and Font, Alejandro and Gonzalez-Aravena, Marcelo and Norder, Helene and Malmberg, Maja | ||||||
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| Title: | Four novel picornaviruses detected in Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) in Chile | ||||||
| Series Name/Journal: | Virology | ||||||
| Year of publishing : | 2021 | ||||||
| Volume: | 560 | ||||||
| Page range: | 116-123 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||||
| Publisher: | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0042-6822 | ||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||
| Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
| Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
| Version: | Published version | ||||||
| Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
| Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
| Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 403 Veterinary Science > Pathobiology | ||||||
| Keywords: | Sphenisciformes, Penguins, Picornaviridae, Viral metagenomics, Hepatovirus | ||||||
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-112678 | ||||||
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-112678 | ||||||
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| ID Code: | 24813 | ||||||
| Faculty: | VH - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science | ||||||
| Department: | (VH) > Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics (VH) > Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health | ||||||
| Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 07 Jul 2021 11:25 | ||||||
| Metadata Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2021 11:31 |
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