Discovery of a new avian bornavirus genotype in estrildid finches (Estrildidae) in Germany

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• 作者：Dennis Rubbenstroth ; Volker Schmidt ; Monika Rinder ; Marko Legler ; Victor Max Corman ; Peter Staeheli
• 关键词：Bornaviridae ; ABV ; Passeriformes ; Diagnosis ; Phylogeny ; Virus cultivation
• 刊名：Veterinary Microbiology
• 出版年：31 January, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：168
• 期：2-4
• 页码：318-323
• 全文大小：607 K

文摘

Avian bornaviruses (ABV) are known to be the causative agent of proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) in parrots and their relatives (Psittaciformes). A broad range of ABV genotypes has been detected not only in psittacine birds, but also in other avian species including canary birds (Serinus canaria forma domestica) and Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata f. dom.), which are both members of the order songbirds (Passeriformes).

During this study 286 samples collected from captive and wild birds of various passerine species in different parts of Germany were screened for the presence of ABV. Interestingly, only three ABV-positive samples were identified by RT-PCR. They originated from one yellow-winged pytilia (Pytilia hypogrammica) and two black-rumped waxbills (Estrilda troglodytes) from a flock of captive estrildid finches in Saxony. The ABV isolates detected here were only distantly related to ABV isolates found in passerine species in Germany and Japan and form a new genotype tentatively called ABV-EF (for 鈥渆strildid finches鈥?.