Genetic Characterization of a Recombinant Myxoma Virus in the Iberian Hare (Lepus granatensis).

ABSTRACT: Myxomatosis is a lethal disease in wild European and domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), which is caused by a Myxoma virus (MYXV) infection-a leporipoxvirus that is found naturally in some Sylvilagus rabbit species in South America and California. The introduction of MYXV into feral European rabbit populations of Australia and Europe, in the early 1950s, demonstrated the best-documented field example of host-virus coevolution, following a cross-species transmission. Recently, a new cross-species jump of MYXV has been suggested in both Great Britain and Spain, where European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) and Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) were found dead with lesions consistent with those observed in myxomatosis. To investigate the possibility of a new c

SUBMITTER: Agueda-Pinto A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6631704 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature