Genetic Diversity and Phylodynamics of Avian Coronaviruses in Egyptian Wild Birds.

ABSTRACT: Avian coronaviruses (ACoVs) are continuously evolving and causing serious economic consequences in the poultry industry and around the globe. Owing to their extensive genetic diversity and high mutation rates, controlling ACoVs has become a challenge. In this context, the potential contribution of wild birds in the disease dynamics, especially in domesticated birds, remains largely unknown. In the present study, five hundred fifty-seven (n = 557) cloacal/fecal swabs were collected from four different wild bird species from eight Egyptian governorates during 2016 and a total of fourteen positive isolates were used for phylodynamics and evolutionary analysis. Genetic relatedness based on spike (S1) gene demonstrated the clustering of majority of these isolates where nine isolates grouped wit

SUBMITTER: A Rohaim M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6356246 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature