Identification of a divergent genotype of equine arteritis virus from South American donkeys

J Rivas; V Neira; J Mena; B Brito; A Garcia; C Gutierrez; D Sandoval; R Ortega

doi:10.1111/tbed.12703

Identification of a divergent genotype of equine arteritis virus from South American donkeys

Transbound Emerg Dis. 2017 Dec;64(6):1655-1660. doi: 10.1111/tbed.12703. Epub 2017 Sep 17.

Authors

J Rivas¹, V Neira², J Mena², B Brito², A Garcia³, C Gutierrez³, D Sandoval¹, R Ortega¹

Affiliations

¹ Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Departamento de patología y medicina preventiva, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile.
² Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
³ Laboratorio y Estación Cuarentenaria Pecuaria, Complejo Lo Aguirre, Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Santiago, Chile.

PMID: 28921885
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12703

Abstract

A novel equine arteritis virus (EAV) was isolated and sequenced from feral donkeys in Chile. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that the new virus and South African asinine strains diverged at least 100 years from equine EAV strains. The results indicate that asinine strains belonged to a different EAV genotype.

Keywords: donkey; equine; equine arteritis virus; equine viral arteritis.

MeSH terms

Animals
Arterivirus Infections / veterinary*
Arterivirus Infections / virology
Chile
Equartevirus / classification
Equartevirus / genetics
Equartevirus / isolation & purification*
Equidae*
Male
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
Viral Proteins / analysis

Substances

Viral Proteins