Identification and characterization of two novel viruses in ocular infections in reindeer

A thorough understanding of virus diversity in wildlife provides epidemiological baseline information about pathogens. In this study, eye swab samples were obtained from semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifertarandus tarandus) in Norway during an outbreak of infectious eye disease, possibly a very early stage of infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC). Large scale molecular virus screening, based on host nucleic acid depletion, sequence-independent amplification and next-generation sequencing of partially purified viral nucleic acid, revealed the presence of a new papillomavirus in 2 out of 8 eye swab samples and a new betaherpesvirus in 3 out of 8 eye swab samples collected from animals with clinical signs and not in similar samples in 9 animals without clinical signs. Whether either virus was responsible for causing the clinical signs or in any respect was associated to the disease condition remains to be determined.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 8(2013), 7 vom: 15., Seite e69711

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Smits, Saskia L [VerfasserIn]
Schapendonk, Claudia M E [VerfasserIn]
van Leeuwen, Marije [VerfasserIn]
Kuiken, Thijs [VerfasserIn]
Bodewes, Rogier [VerfasserIn]
Stalin Raj, V [VerfasserIn]
Haagmans, Bart L [VerfasserIn]
das Neves, Carlos G [VerfasserIn]
Tryland, Morten [VerfasserIn]
Osterhaus, Albert D M E [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 19.02.2014

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Electronic-Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0069711

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM229354920