Molecular identification of a new pestivirus associated with increased mortality in the Pyrenean Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica) in Spain.
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.
Hurtado
Ana
A
Department of Animal Health, Instituto Vasco de Investigación y De-sarrollo Agrario Neiker, Berreaga 1, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain. ahurtado@neiker.net
Aduriz
Gorka
G
Gómez
Nieves
N
Oporto
Beatriz
B
Juste
Ramón A
RA
Lavin
Santiago
S
Lopez-Olvera
Jorge R
JR
Marco
Ignasi
I
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
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral