title: Detection of a newly described pestivirus of Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica) in France.
abstract: A pestivirus was detected and characterized in chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica) originating from the French part of the Pyrenees. Phylogenetic analysis of the pestivirus was done on the basis of a fragment from the 5' noncoding region including 22 published nucleotide sequences of different pestivirus strains. Our strain was grouped within the clade of border disease viruses (BDV). However, it had an intermediate position between clade BDV and classical swine fever viruses representing a basal position to BDV strains of domestic sheep. Our strain was grouped as a sister unit to a novel pestivirus (Chamois-1) recently described from chamois in Spain. Therefore, we postulate that this virus occurs in the entire population of Pyrenean chamois. On the basis of the phylogenetic grouping of this isolate, a postulated cross-species transmission of pestivirus from domestic sheep to chamois via shared pastures seems to be unlikely.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin, PO Box 601103, D-10252 Berlin, Germany. froelich@izw-berlin.de
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Frölich
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lieckfeldt
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gibert
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gauthier
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hars
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010576:Pestivirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018182:Pestivirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny; D048608:Rupicapra; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions