Isolation of avian bornaviruses from psittacine birds using QT6 quail cells in Japan.
Avian bornaviruses (ABVs) were recently discovered as the causative agents of proventricular dilatation disease (PDD). Although molecular epidemiological studies revealed that ABVs exist in Japan, no Japanese isolate has been reported thus far. In this study, we isolated four strains of Psittaciform 1 bornavirus from psittacine birds affected by PDD using QT6 quail cells. To our knowledge, this is the first report to isolate ABVs in Japan and to show that QT6 cells are available for ABV isolation. These isolates and QT6 cells would be powerful tools for elucidating the fundamental biology and pathogenicity of ABVs.
Transboundary Animal Diseases Research Center, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
Masayuki
M
Horie
Yukiko
Y
Sassa
Haruko
H
Iki
Kazumasa
K
Ebisawa
Hideto
H
Fukushi
Tokuma
T
Yanai
Keizo
K
Tomonaga
D000818:Animals; D028981:Bornaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002460:Cell Line / Q000821:virology*; D003370:Coturnix; D007564:Japan; D011563:Psittaciformes / Q000821:virology*; D014776:Virus Cultivation