Adapted Tembusu-like virus in chickens and geese in China.
An outbreak of egg drop disease occurred in many chicken and goose farms in China in 2011. By using an NS5-specific reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), we found that 56% of chicken and 38% of goose samples were positive for Tembusu-like virus (TMUV). Isolates showed high sequence homology to duck TMUVs, and chickens and geese showed signs of egg drop disease after experimental infection with duck TMUV. Our data suggest TMUV has adapted in domestic birds.
State Key Lab of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China.
Ming
M
Liu
Shaoying
S
Chen
Yuhuan
Y
Chen
Chunguo
C
Liu
Shilong
S
Chen
Xiuchen
X
Yin
Gang
G
Li
Yun
Y
Zhang
D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D002681:China; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D018178:Flaviviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005416:Flavivirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005777:Geese; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012367:RNA, Viral