An update on the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) strains circulating in Portugal in the 1990s: earliest detection of G3-G5 and G6

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Lopes, AM (Author) Other; Magalhaes, MJ (Author) Other; Alves, PC (Author) FCUP; Esteves, PJ (Author) FCUP; Abrantes, J (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Archives of Virology

Vol. 162

Pages: 2061-2065

ISSN: 0304-8608

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Authenticus ID: P-00M-HP4

DOI: 10.1007/s00705-017-3318-0

Abstract (EN): Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) causes devastating effects on European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) populations in the Iberian Peninsula. According to the information available, only genogroup 1 strains were circulating in Iberian wild rabbits until 2011; the antigenic variant G6 has been sporadically detected in rabbitries since 2007. Here, we show for the first time that G3-G5 strains were already present in mainland Portugal in 1998 and that G6 has been circulating since at least 1999. Moreover, we report a G3-G5 strain from the Azores collected in 1998, which is the likely ancestor of Azorean G3-G5like strains. These observations improve the current knowledge on RHDV epidemiology in the Iberian Peninsula and the Azores.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5