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Published in: Archives of Virology 4/2018

01-04-2018 | Brief Report

A novel passerivirus (family Picornaviridae) in an outbreak of enteritis with high mortality in estrildid finches (Uraeginthus sp.)

Authors: Péter Pankovics, Ákos Boros, Tung Gia Phan, Eric Delwart, Gábor Reuter

Published in: Archives of Virology | Issue 4/2018

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Abstract

An enteric outbreak with high mortality (34/52, 65.4%) was recorded in 2014 in home-reared estrildid finches (Estrildidae) in Hungary. A novel passerivirus was identified in a diseased violet-eared waxbill using viral metagenomics and confirmed by RT-(q)PCR. The complete genome of finch picornavirus strain waxbill/DB01/HUN/2014 (MF977321) showed the highest amino acid sequence identity of 38.9%, 61.6%, 69.6% in P1cap, 2Chel and 3CproDpol, respectively, to passerivirus A1 (GU182406). A high viral load (6.58 × 1010 genomic copies/ml) was measured in a cloacal specimen and in the tissues (spinal cord, lung, and the intestines) of two additional affected finches. In addition to intestinal symptoms (diarrhoea), the presence of extra-intestinal virus suggests a generalized infection in this fatal disease, for which the passerivirus might be a causative agent.
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Metadata
Title
A novel passerivirus (family Picornaviridae) in an outbreak of enteritis with high mortality in estrildid finches (Uraeginthus sp.)
Authors
Péter Pankovics
Ákos Boros
Tung Gia Phan
Eric Delwart
Gábor Reuter
Publication date
01-04-2018
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Published in
Archives of Virology / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0304-8608
Electronic ISSN: 1432-8798
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-017-3699-0

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