Detection and genetic characterization of canine distemper virus (CDV) from free-ranging red foxes in Italy.
Fragments of the genes encoding the haemoagglutinin (H) and the nucleocapsid protein (N) of a canine distemper (CDV)-like virus affecting a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) were sequenced and analysed. The CDV-like virus detected in the fox was found to be not dissimilar, in both the H and N gene, from other CDVs spreading in Italy, as well as all over the world, and phylogenetic analysis on the H protein-encoding gene allowed to include all the Italian CDVs in the H European genotype.
Martella
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Department of Animal Health and Well-being, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Valenzano (Ba), Italy. v.martella@veterinaria.uniba.it
Pratelli
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Cirone
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Zizzo
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N
Decaro
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N
Tinelli
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A
Foti
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M
Buonavoglia
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C
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000821:virology; D004285:Dogs; D005589:Foxes / Q000821:virology*; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D007558:Italy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins