A molecular epidemiological investigation of avian paramyxovirus type 1 viruses isolated from game birds of the Order Galliformes

Elizabeth Aldous (1) , June K. Mynn (2) , Chad Fuller (3) , Richard Irvine , Dennis Alexander (4) , Ian H. Brown (5)

1 Virology
2 Virology
3 Virology
4 VLA Weybridge
5 Virology

The partial (370 nucleotides) fusion gene nucleotide sequences of 55 APMV-1 isolates were obtained. Included were 41 published sequences, of which sixteen were from strains of APMV-1 of previously determined lineages included as markers for the data analysed and 25 were from APMV-1 viruses isolated from game birds of the Order Galliformes. In addition we sequenced a further 14 game bird isolates obtained from the repository at VLA. The game bird isolates had been obtained from 17 countries, and spanned four decades. Earlier studies have shown that Class II APMV-1 viruses can be divided into at least 15 lineages and sub-lineages. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the 39 game bird isolates were distributed across 12 of these sub-lineages. We conclude that no single lineage of ND viruses appears to be prevalent in game birds and the ND isolates obtained from these hosts reflected the prevailing, both geographically and temporally, viruses in poultry, pigeons or wild birds.

Mots clés: Life Sciences

Elizabeth Aldous, June K. Mynn, Chad Fuller, Richard Irvine, Dennis Alexander, et al.. A molecular epidemiological investigation of avian paramyxovirus type 1 viruses isolated from game birds of the Order Galliformes. Avian Pathology, 2010, 39 (06), pp.519-524. ⟨10.1080/03079457.2010.530938⟩. ⟨hal-00650362⟩