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01-10-2008 | Brief Report
Proposal for a fourth aquabirnavirus serogroup
Authors:
P. F. Dixon, G.-H. Ngoh, D. M. Stone, S. F. Chang, K. Way, S. L. F. Kueh
Published in:
Archives of Virology
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Issue 10/2008
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Abstract
Four putative aquabirnaviruses, based on morphology, nucleic acid type and partial RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene (VP1) sequence, isolated from three tropical freshwater fish species were not neutralised by antisera against type members of the Aquabirnavirus genus serogroups A, B or C. Antisera produced against two of the isolates neutralised the homologous and heterologous isolates, but not any type member of Aquabirnavirus serogroups A, B or C. The serological comparisons suggest that the four isolates should be regarded as members of a fourth Aquabirnavirus serogroup, D.