Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
DAO is a hybrid research journal on all aspects of disease phenomena in aquatic organisms.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02666
copiedDetection of novel strains of cyprinid herpesvirus closely related to koi herpesvirus
- Marc Y. Engelsma
- Keith Way
- Melanie J. Dodge
- Michal Voorbergen-Laarman
- Valentina Panzarin
- Miriam Abbadi
- Mansour El-Matbouli
- Helle Frank Skall
- Søren Kahns
- David M. Stone
ABSTRACT: Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) or koi herpesvirus (KHV) is a devastating virus of carp. Using generic primers for the DNA polymerase and the major capsid protein genes of cyprinid herpesviruses, nucleotide sequences divergent from previously described CyHV-3 were obtained. At least 3 novel groups of putative CyHV-3-like viruses were identified, sharing 95 to 98% nucleotide identity with CyHV-3 strains. Carp carrying the CyHV-3 variants did not show clinical signs consistent with CyHV-3 infection and originated from locations with no actual CyHV-3 outbreaks. These strains might represent low- or non-pathogenic variants of CyHV-3.
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Marc Y. Engelsma (Co-author)
- Central Veterinary Institute (CVI), part of Wageningen UR, PO Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
Keith Way (Co-author)
- Cefas, Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, UK
Melanie J. Dodge (Co-author)
- Cefas, Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, UK
Michal Voorbergen-Laarman (Co-author)
- Central Veterinary Institute (CVI), part of Wageningen UR, PO Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
Valentina Panzarin (Co-author)
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Viale dell’Universita 10, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy
Miriam Abbadi (Co-author)
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Viale dell’Universita 10, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy
Mansour El-Matbouli (Co-author)
- University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria
Helle Frank Skall (Co-author)
- National Veterinary Institute (DTU-Vet), Technical University of Denmark, Hangøvej 2, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Søren Kahns (Co-author)
- National Veterinary Institute (DTU-Vet), Technical University of Denmark, Hangøvej 2, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
David M. Stone (Corresponding Author)
- Cefas, Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, UK