Evolution of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from the Iberian Peninsula

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2009

Autores

Muller, A (Autor) ICBAS; Freitas, J (Autor) Outra; Silva, E (Autor) Outra; Le Gall Recule, G (Autor) Outra; Zwingelstein, F (Autor) Outra; Abrantes, J (Autor) Outra; Esteves, PJ (Autor) Outra; Alves, PC (Autor) FCUP; van der Loo, WD (Autor) Outra; Kolodziejek, J (Autor) Outra; Nowotny, N (Autor) Outra; Thompson, G (Autor) ICBAS

Revista

Título: Veterinary Microbiology

Vol. 135

Páginas: 368-373

ISSN: 0378-1135

Editora: Elsevier

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 49 Citações

Scopus - 48 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências agrárias > Ciências veterinárias

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-003-MEF

DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.057

Abstract (EN): To date information on rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in Spain and Portugal has been scarce, although the disease is endemic and continues to have a considerable impact on species conservation and hunting industry. We analysed RHDVs obtained between 1994 and 2007 at different geographic locations in Portugal (40 samples), Spain (3 samples) and France (4 samples) from wild European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) that succumbed to the disease. Phylogenetic analyses based on partial VP60 gene sequences allowed a grouping of these RHDVs into three groups, termed "Iberian" Groups IB1, IB2 and IB3. Interestingly, these three Iberian groups clustered separately, though not far from earlier RHDVs of Genogroup 1 (containing e.g., strain "AST89"), but clearly distinct from globally described RHDV strains of Genogroups 2-6. This result, supported by a bootstrap value of 76%, gives rise to the hypothesis that the virus evolved independently since its introduction to wild rabbit populations on the Iberian Peninsula, with the Pyrenees acting as a natural barrier to rabbit and hence to virus dispersal. No differences were observed in RHDV sequences obtained from geographic regions where the rabbit subspecies O. c. algirus prevails compared with those obtained from O. c. cuniculus.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 6