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- Title
New Parvoviruses and Picornavirus in Tissues and Feces of Foals with Interstitial Pneumonia.
- Authors
Altan, Eda; Hui, Alvin; Li, Yanpeng; Pesavento, Patricia; Asín, Javier; Crossley, Beate; Deng, Xutao; Uzal, Francisco A.; Delwart, Eric
- Abstract
Six foals with interstitial pneumonia of undetermined etiology from Southern California were analyzed by viral metagenomics. Spleen, lung, and colon content samples obtained during necropsy from each animal were pooled, and nucleic acids from virus-like particles enriched for deep sequencing. The recently described equine copiparvovirus named eqcopivirus, as well as three previously uncharacterized viruses, were identified. The complete ORFs genomes of two closely related protoparvoviruses, and of a bocaparvovirus, plus the partial genome of a picornavirus were assembled. The parvoviruses were classified as members of new ungulate protoparvovirus and bocaparvovirus species in the Parvoviridae family. The picornavirus was classified as a new species in the Salivirus genus of the Picornaviridae family. Spleen, lung, and colon content samples from each foal were then tested for these viral genomes by nested PCR and RT-PCR. When present, parvoviruses were detected in both feces and spleen. The picornavirus, protoparvovirus, and eqcopivirus genomes were detected in the lungs of one animal each. Three foals were co-infected with the picornavirus and either a protoparvovirus, bocaparvovirus, or eqcopivirus. Two other foals were infected with a protoparvovirus only. No viral infection was detected in one animal. The complete ORFs of the first equine protoparvoviruses and bocaparvovirus, the partial ORF of the third equine picornavirus, and their detection in tissues of foals with interstitial pneumonia are described here. Testing the involvement of these viruses in fatal interstitial pneumonia or other equine diseases will require larger epidemiological and/or inoculation studies.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN California; PULMONARY fibrosis; FOALS; PARVOVIRUSES; VIRAL genomes; ETIOLOGY of pneumonia; FECES; LUNGS
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2021, Vol 13, Issue 8, p1612
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/v13081612