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- Title
Astrovirus in wild boars (Sus scrofa) in Hungary.
- Authors
Reuter, Gábor; Nemes, Csaba; Boros, Akos; Kapusinszky, Beatrix; Delwart, Eric; Pankovics, Péter
- Abstract
The family Astroviridae consists of two genera, Avastrovirus and Mamastrovirus whose members are associated with gastroenteritis in avian and mammalian hosts, respectively. In this study, we report the first detection of astrovirus from fecal specimens of wild boars (Sus scrofa) using viral metagenomics and complete genome sequencing. The wild boar astrovirus (WBAstV-1/2011/HUN, JQ340310) genome is 6707 nucleotide long and had 76%, 95% and 56% amino acid (aa) identity in the ORF1a (852aa), ORF1b (522aa) and ORF2 (845aa) regions, respectively, to porcine astrovirus 4 (PAstV-4, JF713713), the closest match. This study indicates that wild boar could be a reservoir for astroviruses.
- Publication
Archives of virology, 2012, Vol 157, Issue 6, p1143
- ISSN
1432-8798
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00705-012-1272-4