Partial characterization of a turkey enterovirus-like virus.
Small round viruses, 18 to 24 nm in diameter, were detected by electron microscopy in droppings of young turkeys with enteritis. The virus was propagated in embryonated turkey eggs and tentatively identified as an enterovirus based on size, intracytoplasmic morphogenesis, buoyant density of 1.33 g/ml in CsCl, and a single-stranded RNA genome of approximately 7.5 kb. It was distinguished from avian encephalomyelitis virus by cross-immunofluorescence. These results identify an enterovirus-like virus as a possible etiologic agent of enteric disease of young turkeys. However, its role in this disease remains to be established.
Guy
J S
JS
Department of Microbiology, Pathology, and Parasitology, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh 27606.
Barnes
H J
HJ
D000818:Animals; D002500:Centrifugation, Isopycnic; D004751:Enteritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D014422:Turkeys; D014771:Virion / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure
D012367:RNA, Viral