Avian pneumovirus (APV) RNA from wild and sentinel birds in the United States has genetic homology with RNA from APV isolates from domestic turkeys

J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Nov;38(11):4282-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.11.4282-4284.2000.

Abstract

Nasal turbinates or swabs were collected from wild ducks, geese, owls, sparrows, swallows, and starlings and from sentinel ducks placed next to turkey farms experiencing avian pneumovirus (APV) infections and were analyzed for APV genome and infectious particles. APV RNA was detected in samples examined from geese, sparrows, and starlings. APV RNA and antibodies were also detected in two different groups of sentinel ducks. Infectious APV was recovered from sentinel duck samples. The APV M gene isolated from the wild birds had over 96% predicted amino acid identity with APV/Minnesota 2A, which was isolated earlier from domestic turkeys showing respiratory illness, suggesting that wild birds may be involved in spreading APV infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild / virology
  • Bird Diseases / virology*
  • Birds / virology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pneumovirus / genetics
  • Pneumovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Pneumovirus Infections / veterinary*
  • Pneumovirus Infections / virology
  • Poultry Diseases / virology*
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • RNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Sentinel Surveillance / veterinary
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Turkeys / virology*
  • United States
  • Viral Matrix Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Matrix Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • Viral Matrix Proteins