Novel reovirus isolation from an Ostrich (Struthio camelus) in Japan.
An orthoreovirus was isolated from an Ostrich (Struthio camelus) and rapidly identified as orthoreovirus by the rapid determination of viral RNA sequences (RDV) system and electron microscopy. Phylogenetic analysis of the sigma A protein indicated that the isolate belonged to avian species and was closely related to chicken orthoreovirus strain 138. The results of the present study indicated that an ostrich orthoreovirus is slight different from other chicken orthoreoviruses and provided evidence of diversity among avian orthoreoviruses. To our knowledge, this is the first genetic report of an orthoreovirus isolated from an ostrich.
Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Gakuen 4-7-1, Musashimurayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
Kouji
K
Sakai
Yuichi
Y
Ueno
Shuhei
S
Ueda
Kaori
K
Yada
Shuetsu
S
Fukushi
Masayuki
M
Saijo
Ichiro
I
Kurane
Kenichiro
K
Mutoh
Kazuki
K
Yoshioka
Masayuki
M
Nakamura
Kazuaki
K
Takehara
Shigeru
S
Morikawa
Tetsuya
T
Mizutani
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral / Q000502:physiology; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D030101:Orthoreovirus, Avian / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D020310:Struthioniformes / Q000821:virology*; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D014758:Viral Core Proteins; C403292:sigmaA protein, avian reovirus