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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
A new isolate of beak and feather disease virus from endemic wild red-fronted parakeets (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) in New Zealand
Archives of Virology, Volume 155, No. 4, Year 2010
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Description
Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) is a viral disease distributed worldwide with a potentially critical impact on many rare parrots. While efforts have been made to determine its prevalence in wild and captive psittacines, only limited work has been done to document complete genomes of its causative agent, beak and feather disease virus (BFDV). Here, we describe five full genomes of BFDV isolated from wild specimens of an endemic New Zealand parrot, the red-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae). The isolates share >99% nucleotide similarity amongst themselves and ~91-92% similarity to BFDV isolates from southern Africa, Europe and Australia. A maximum-likelihood (ML) phylogenetic tree including 42 other full-genome sequences indicated that the five isolates from red-fronted parakeets represent an undescribed genotype of BFDV. These isolates are evolutionarily most closely related to the Cacatuini isolates from Thailand and the Lorinae isolates from Australia in the rep gene ML tree; however, in the cp ML tree, the evolutionary relationship is closer to viruses found in the Psittacini. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ortiz–Catedral, Luis
New Zealand, Auckland
Massey University Auckland
Kurenbach, Brigitta
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Norway, Tromso
Genøk - Centre for Biosafety
Massaro, Melanie
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
McInnes, Kate M.
New Zealand, Wellington
Te Papa Atawhai
Brunton, Dianne H.
New Zealand, Auckland
Massey University Auckland
Hauber, Mark E E.
United States, New York
The City University of new York
New Zealand, Auckland
School of Biological Sciences
Martin, Darren Patrick
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Varsani, Arvind
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Statistics
Citations: 28
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00705-010-0607-2
ISSN:
03048608
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study