title: Molecular identification of a new pestivirus associated with increased mortality in the Pyrenean Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica) in Spain.
abstract: Pestivirus infection was identified in 16 of 17 chamois during an outbreak of a previously unreported disease in Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica) in northeastern Spain in 2001-02. By analysis of the 5' noncoding regions of the virus, we assigned it to the border disease virus cluster with pairwise similarity values ranging from 82.1% to 88.1%. It will be important to investigate the association of this pestivirus with disease in Pyrenean chamois.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health, Instituto Vasco de Investigación y De-sarrollo Agrario Neiker, Berreaga 1, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain. ahurtado@neiker.net
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hurtado
authors.forename: Gorka
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aduriz
authors.forename: Nieves
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oporto
authors.forename: Ramón A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Juste
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lavin
authors.forename: Jorge R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lopez-Olvera
authors.forename: Ignasi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001882:Border Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D018083:Border disease virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010576:Pestivirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018182:Pestivirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D048608:Rupicapra / Q000821:virology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral