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Identification of a gammaherpesvirus belonging to the malignant catarrhal fever group of viruses in Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra p. pyrenaica)

Authors: Xavier Fernández-Aguilar, Fernando Esperón, Oscar Cabezón, Roser Velarde, Gregorio Mentaberre, Verónica Delicado, María Jesús Muñoz, Emmanuel Serrano, Santiago Lavín, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera

Published in: Archives of Virology | Issue 11/2016

Abstract

High prevalence (46 %) of a gammaherpesvirus was confirmed by molecular detection in the lungs of hunted Pyrenean chamois. The partial glycoprotein B sequence up to the DNA polymerase gene showed 96.6 % nucleotide sequence identity to the Rupicapra rupicapra gammaherpesvirus 1 and 81.5 % to ovine herpesvirus 2. This novel sequence clusters within sequences derived from the malignant catarrhal fever group of viruses, and the corresponding virus is tentatively named Rupicapra pyrenaica gammaherpesvirus 1 (RpHV-1). No specific histological lesions were associated with RpHV-1, nor were any detrimental effects on host health. The epidemiological, phylogenetic and histopathological results suggest that Pyrenean chamois is the natural host of RpHV-1.

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Title: Identification of a gammaherpesvirus belonging to the malignant catarrhal fever group of viruses in Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra p. pyrenaica)
Authors: Xavier Fernández-Aguilar
Fernando Esperón
Oscar Cabezón
Roser Velarde
Gregorio Mentaberre
Verónica Delicado
María Jesús Muñoz
Emmanuel Serrano
Santiago Lavín
Jorge Ramón López-Olvera
Publication date: 01-11-2016
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Archives of Virology / Issue 11/2016
Print ISSN: 0304-8608
Electronic ISSN: 1432-8798
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-016-3011-8

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