A tortoise-infecting picornavirus expands the host range of the family Picornaviridae

While picornaviruses can cause diseases in many mammals, little is known of their host range for replication in non-mammalian vertebrates. Here, a picornavirus in liver and kidney tissues from diseased Sulawesi tortoises ( Indotestudo forsteni ) was genetically characterized. Tortoise rafivirus A (T...

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Published in:Archives of virology 2015-05, Vol.160 (5), p.1319-1323
Main Authors: Ng, Terry Fei Fan, Wellehan, James F. X., Coleman, James K., Kondov, Nikola O., Deng, Xutao, Waltzek, Thomas B., Reuter, Gábor, Knowles, Nick J., Delwart, Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenoviruses
Animals
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Brief Report
Chordata - virology
Cluster Analysis
Disease
Genomes
host range
Host Specificity
Indonesia
Infectious Diseases
Kidney - virology
kidneys
liver
Liver - virology
mammals
Medical Microbiology
Molecular Sequence Data
new genus
Phylogeny
Picornaviridae
Picornaviridae - classification
Picornaviridae - isolation & purification
Picornaviridae - physiology
Picornaviridae Infections - veterinary
Picornaviridae Infections - virology
Picornavirus
Proteins
Reptiles & amphibians
RNA polymerase
RNA, Viral - genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology
tortoises
Virology
Viruses
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Summary:While picornaviruses can cause diseases in many mammals, little is known of their host range for replication in non-mammalian vertebrates. Here, a picornavirus in liver and kidney tissues from diseased Sulawesi tortoises ( Indotestudo forsteni ) was genetically characterized. Tortoise rafivirus A (ToRaV-A, KJ415177) represents a potential new genus in the family Picornaviridae , for which we propose the name “ Rafivirus ”. Our finding confirms the susceptibility of reptiles to picornaviruses.
ISSN:0304-8608
1432-8798
DOI:10.1007/s00705-015-2366-6