title: Host range of Rous sarcoma virus pseudotype RSV(HPRS-103) in 12 avian species: support for a new avian retrovirus envelope subgroup, designated J.
abstract: The host ranges of the Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) pseudotype RSV(HPRS-103) of a novel avian leukosis virus (ALV), strain HPRS-103, and representative RSV pseudotypes of subgroups A to F, have been determined in embryo fibroblasts from 12 avian species. Domestic fowl, red jungle fowl, Sonnerat's jungle fowl and turkey were susceptible to infection by RSV(HPRS-103); ring-necked pheasant, Japanese green pheasant, golden pheasant, Japanese quail, guinea-fowl, Peking duck, Muscovy duck and goose were resistant. The host range pattern of RSV(HPRS-103) differs from those of viruses of subgroups A to G and I, and provides support for placing the HPRS-103 strain of ALV in a new envelope subgroup, designated J.
authors.affiliation: AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Houghton Laboratory, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, U.K.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Howes
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001358:Avian Sarcoma Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000166:cytology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000145:classification*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins