Identification and Genetic Characterization of a Novel Respirovirus in Alpine Chamois (rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra).

ABSTRACT: The Respirovirus genus, family Paramamixoviridae, includes respiratory viral pathogens. Here we report the identification and genetic characterization of a respirovirus in an Alpine chamois showing interstitial pneumonia associated with catarrhal bronchopneumonia. The full-genome characterization of this respirovirus, named ChamoisRV/IT2014, revealed low similarities to caprine respirovirus (77.1%), bovine respirovirus (74.5%) and human respirovirus (72.0%). The phylogenetic analyses based on the full-length genome sequence of the novel isolate and reference respirovirus strains showed that ChamoisRV/IT2014 clustered with caprine respirovirus but formed a separate branch. The phylogenetic tree topology of complete large protein amino acid sequences, representing the current s

SUBMITTER: Luzzago C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7222786 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature