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- Title
Identification of a novel astrovirus in domestic sheep in Hungary.
- Authors
Reuter, Gábor; Pankovics, Péter; Delwart, Eric; Boros, Ákos
- Abstract
The family Astroviridae consists of two genera, Avastrovirus and Mamastrovirus, whose members are associated with gastroenteritis in avian and mammalian hosts, respectively. We serendipitously identified a novel ovine astrovirus in a fecal specimen from a domestic sheep (Ovis aries) in Hungary by viral metagenomic analysis. Sequencing of the fragment indicated that it was an ORF1b/ORF2/3'UTR sequence, and it has been submitted to the GenBank database as ovine astrovirus type 2 (OAstV-2/Hungary/2009) with accession number JN592482. The unique sequence characteristics and the phylogenetic position of OAstV-2 suggest that genetically divergent lineages of astroviruses exist in sheep.
- Publication
Archives of virology, 2012, Vol 157, Issue 2, p323
- ISSN
1432-8798
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00705-011-1151-4