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Establishment and maintenance of persistent infection by picobirnavirus in greater rhea (Rhea Americana)
- Source :
- Archives of virology. 157(11)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- A study aimed to determine the infection model that picobirnavirus (PBV) established in birds was conducted in a farm of greater rheas in Cordoba, Argentina. Analysis of stools collected during a longitudinal study involving seven birds provided evidence that PBV is acquired very early in life and establishes a persistent infection in the host, which is characterized by intermingled periods of high, low and silent viral activity. Genomic analysis indicated that the rheas excreted virus with nucleotide sequence identity between 90.5–100 % and that more than one PBV strain with different electropherotype profiles could be involve in the infection. This report provides the first evidence of persistent infection of PBV in birds. The natural history of PBV infection has begun to be understood, and it appears that asymptomatic PBV-infected mammals and birds could persistently excrete the virus in stool samples, contributing to wide circulation of the virus in the environment.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Greater rhea
Genotype
Rheiformes
Argentina
Picobirnavirus
Biology
Asymptomatic
Virus
Feces
Medical microbiology
RNA Virus Infections
Virology
medicine
Animals
Longitudinal Studies
Host (biology)
Bird Diseases
Coinfection
General Medicine
Sequence Analysis, DNA
biology.organism_classification
Natural history
medicine.symptom
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14328798
- Volume :
- 157
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of virology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1172450f679f0ff95e78da869a986e90