1. Isolation of avian bornaviruses from psittacine birds using QT6 quail cells in Japan
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Keizo Tomonaga, Yukiko Sassa, Tokuma Yanai, Kazumasa Ebisawa, Hideto Fukushi, Masayuki Horie, and Haruko Iki
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0301 basic medicine ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Virus Cultivation ,animal structures ,Coturnix ,Psittaciformes ,Cell Line ,03 medical and health sciences ,Psittaciform 1 bornavirus ,Proventricular dilatation disease ,Japan ,Virology ,biology.animal ,Bornaviruses ,medicine ,Animals ,Avian bornavirus ,General Veterinary ,biology ,Note ,Pathogenicity ,biology.organism_classification ,Isolation (microbiology) ,Quail ,parrot bornavirus ,QT6 cells ,030104 developmental biology ,Bornaviridae ,avian bornavirus ,isolation - Abstract
Avian bornaviruses (ABVs) were recently discovered as the causative agents of proventricular dilatation disease (PDD). Although molecular epidemiological studies revealed that ABVs exist in Japan, no Japanese isolate has been reported thus far. In this study, we isolated four strains of Psittaciform 1 bornavirus from psittacine birds affected by PDD using QT6 quail cells. To our knowledge, this is the first report to isolate ABVs in Japan and to show that QT6 cells are available for ABV isolation. These isolates and QT6 cells would be powerful tools for elucidating the fundamental biology and pathogenicity of ABVs.
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- 2016