title: Small ruminant lentivirus proviral sequences from wild ibexes in contact with domestic goats.
abstract: Small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV) are widespread amongst domesticated goats and sheep worldwide, but have not been clearly identified in wild small ruminants, where they might constitute an animal health risk through contamination from local domesticates. SRLV proviruses from three ibexes from the French Alps are described and sequences from their gag gene and long terminal repeats (LTRs) were compared with sequences from local goats and goat/ibex hybrids. The ibex and hybrid proviruses formed a closely related group with <2 % nucleotide difference. Their LTRs were clearly distinct from those of local goats or reference SRLV sequences; however, their gag sequences resembled those from one local goat and reference sequences from caprine arthritis encephalitis virus rather than visna/maedi virus. One SRLV-positive ibex from a distant site shared similarities with the other ibexes studied in both its gag and LTR sequences, suggesting that a distinct SRLV population could circulate in some wild ibex populations.
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR754 'Rétrovirus et Pathologie Comparée', Lyon, France.|IFR128 BioSciences Gerland Lyon Sud, Lyon, France.|Université de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France.|Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Lyon, France.|Université Lyon 1, F-69007 Lyon, France.|Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Esadk
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erhouma
authors.affiliation: Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Lyon, France.|IFR128 BioSciences Gerland Lyon Sud, Lyon, France.|Université Lyon 1, F-69007 Lyon, France.|INRA, UMR754 'Rétrovirus et Pathologie Comparée', Lyon, France.|Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Lyon, France.|Université de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guiguen
authors.affiliation: Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Lyon, France.|Université de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France.|INRA, UMR754 'Rétrovirus et Pathologie Comparée', Lyon, France.|Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Lyon, France.|Université Lyon 1, F-69007 Lyon, France.|IFR128 BioSciences Gerland Lyon Sud, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Yahia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chebloune
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Départemental Vétérinaire, Gap, France.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gauthier
authors.affiliation: IFR128 BioSciences Gerland Lyon Sud, Lyon, France.|Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Lyon, France.|Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Lyon, France.|Université de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France.|INRA, UMR754 'Rétrovirus et Pathologie Comparée', Lyon, France.|Université Lyon 1, F-69007 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Laila Mselli
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lakhal
authors.affiliation: Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Lyon, France.|INRA, UMR754 'Rétrovirus et Pathologie Comparée', Lyon, France.|Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Lyon, France.|IFR128 BioSciences Gerland Lyon Sud, Lyon, France.|Université de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France.|Université Lyon 1, F-69007 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Greenland
authors.affiliation: IFR128 BioSciences Gerland Lyon Sud, Lyon, France.|Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Lyon, France.|Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Lyon, France.|Université de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France.|Université Lyon 1, F-69007 Lyon, France.|Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.|INRA, UMR754 'Rétrovirus et Pathologie Comparée', Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Jean François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mornex
authors.affiliation: Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Lyon, France.|INRA, UMR754 'Rétrovirus et Pathologie Comparée', Lyon, France.|Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Lyon, France.|IFR128 BioSciences Gerland Lyon Sud, Lyon, France.|Université de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France.|Université Lyon 1, F-69007 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leroux
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR754 'Rétrovirus et Pathologie Comparée', Lyon, France.|IFR128 BioSciences Gerland Lyon Sud, Lyon, France.|Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Lyon, France.|Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Lyon, France.|Université de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France.|Université Lyon 1, F-69007 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Théodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alogninouwa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000235:genetics; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D006041:Goats / Q000821:virology; D016086:Lentivirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016180:Lentivirus Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011533:Proviruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013045:Species Specificity; D020079:Terminal Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015683:Gene Products, gag