Detection and phylogenetic analysis of adenoviruses occurring in a single anole species.

ABSTRACT: Adenoviruses (AdVs) infect a wide range of hosts, and they have undergone recent and ancient host transfers multiple times. In reptiles, AdVs have been found in many captive individuals, and have been implicated in morbidity and mortality in several species. Yet the pathogenicity, transmission, phylogenetic distribution, and source of AdVs in the environment are still unknown. We therefore chose to opportunistically sample deceased captive Anolis sagrei individuals that were collected from different populations in the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands, as well as fecal samples from one island population, to explore the disease dynamics and diversity of adenovirus infecting A. sagrei populations. We found that adenovirus infection was present in our captive colony at low prevalen

SUBMITTER: Prado-Irwin SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6119460 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature