title: Astrovirus in wild boars (Sus scrofa) in Hungary.
abstract: The family Astroviridae consists of two genera, Avastrovirus and Mamastrovirus whose members are associated with gastroenteritis in avian and mammalian hosts, respectively. In this study, we report the first detection of astrovirus from fecal specimens of wild boars (Sus scrofa) using viral metagenomics and complete genome sequencing. The wild boar astrovirus (WBAstV-1/2011/HUN, JQ340310) genome is 6707 nucleotide long and had 76%, 95% and 56% amino acid (aa) identity in the ORF1a (852aa), ORF1b (522aa) and ORF2 (845aa) regions, respectively, to porcine astrovirus 4 (PAstV-4, JF713713), the closest match. This study indicates that wild boar could be a reservoir for astroviruses.
authors.affiliation: Regional Laboratory of Virology, National Reference Laboratory of Gastroenteric Viruses, ÁNTSZ Regional Institute of State Public Health Service, Pécs, Hungary. reuter.gabor@ddr.antsz.hu
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nemes
authors.forename: Akos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boros
authors.forename: Beatrix
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kapusinszky
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delwart
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pankovics
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019200:Astroviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019350:Astroviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006814:Hungary; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000821:virology*