Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Novel reovirus isolation from an Ostrich (Struthio camelus) in Japan.
- Journal:
- Veterinary microbiology
- Year:
- 2009
- Authors:
- Sakai, Kouji et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Virology 1 · Japan
- Species:
- bird
Abstract
An orthoreovirus was isolated from an Ostrich (Struthio camelus) and rapidly identified as orthoreovirus by the rapid determination of viral RNA sequences (RDV) system and electron microscopy. Phylogenetic analysis of the sigma A protein indicated that the isolate belonged to avian species and was closely related to chicken orthoreovirus strain 138. The results of the present study indicated that an ostrich orthoreovirus is slight different from other chicken orthoreoviruses and provided evidence of diversity among avian orthoreoviruses. To our knowledge, this is the first genetic report of an orthoreovirus isolated from an ostrich.
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