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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The family Rhabdoviridae is a diverse group of non-segmented, negative-sense RNA viruses that are distributed worldwide and infect a wide range of hosts including vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants. Of the 114 currently recognized vertebrate rhabdoviruses, relatively few have been well characterized at both the antigenic and genetic level; hence, the phylogenetic relationships between many of the vertebrate rhabdoviruses remain unknown. The present report describes a novel rhabdovirus isolated from the brain of a moribund American coot (Fulica americana) that exhibited neurological signs when found in Durham County, North Carolina, in 2005. Antigenic characterization of the virus revealed that it was serologically unrelated to 68 other known vertebrate rhabdoviruses. Genomic sequencing of the virus indicated that it shared the highest identity to Tupaia rhabdovirus (TUPV), and as only previously observed in TUPV, the genome encoded a putative C protein in an overlapping open reading frame (ORF) of the phosphoprotein gene and a small hydrophobic (SH) protein located in a novel ORF between the matrix and glycoprotein genes. Phylogenetic analysis of partial amino acid sequences of the nucleoprotein and polymerase protein indicated that, in addition to TUPV, the virus was most closely related to avian and small mammal rhabdoviruses from Africa and North America. In this report, we present the morphological, pathological, antigenic, and genetic characterization of the new virus, tentatively named Durham virus (DURV), and discuss its potential evolutionary relationship to other vertebrate rhabdoviruses.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1872-7492
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
155
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
112-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Animal Structures, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Birds, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Cluster Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Gene Order, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Histocytochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Mice, Inbred ICR, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Microscopy, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-North Carolina, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-RNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Rhabdoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Rhabdoviridae Infections, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Viral Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20863863-Virion
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of Durham virus, a novel rhabdovirus that encodes both a C and SH protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States. allisona@uga.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural