Detection of RHDV strains in the Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis): earliest evidence of rabbit lagovirus cross-species infection

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Ana M Lopes (Autor) Outra; Sara Marques (Autor) Outra; Eliane Silva (Autor) Outra; Maria J Magalhaes (Autor) Outra; Ana Pinheiro (Autor) Outra; Paulo C Alves (Autor) FCUP; Jacques Le Pendu (Autor) Outra; Pedro J Esteves (Autor) Outra; Gertrude Thompson (Autor) Outra; Joana Abrantes (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Veterinary Research

Vol. 45

Página Final: 94

ISSN: 0928-4249

Editora: Springer Nature

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Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências agrárias > Ciências veterinárias

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-009-W0J

DOI: 10.1186/s13567-014-0094-7

Abstract (EN): Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) is a highly lethal Lagovirus, family Caliciviridae, that threatens European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Although a related virus severely affects hares, cross-species infection was only recently described for new variant RHDV in Cape hares (Lepus capensis mediterraneus). We sequenced two strains from dead Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) collected in the 1990s in Portugal. Clinical signs were compatible with a Lagovirus infection. Phylogenetic analysis of the complete capsid gene positioned them in the RHDV genogroup that circulated on the Iberian Peninsula at that time. This is the earliest evidence of RHDV affecting a species other than European rabbits.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 7