Genome Sequence of Rotavirus A from a Florida Racing Pigeon (Columba livia domestica)

Rowan A Basham; Jennifer Dill-Okubo; Kuttichantran Subramaniam; Thomas B Waltzek; Pedro H O Viadanna

doi:10.1128/mra.01149-21

Genome Sequence of Rotavirus A from a Florida Racing Pigeon (Columba livia domestica)

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Apr 21;11(4):e0114921. doi: 10.1128/mra.01149-21. Epub 2022 Mar 14.

Authors

Rowan A Basham^{1

2}, Jennifer Dill-Okubo³, Kuttichantran Subramaniam^{1

2}, Thomas B Waltzek^{1

2}, Pedro H O Viadanna^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
² Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Kissimmee, Florida, USA.

Abstract

The complete coding sequence of a rotavirus A strain was determined from a dead racing pigeon in Florida. It was found to be most closely related to a rotavirus A strain isolated from a dead racing pigeon in California.