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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Grego, E
• Bertolotti, L
• Quasso, A
• Profiti, M
• Lacerenza, D
• Muz, D
• Rosati, S

Titel

Genetic characterization of small ruminant lentivirus in Italian mixed flocks: evidence for a novel genotype circulating in a local goat population

Ist Teil von

• Journal of general virology, 2007-12, Vol.88 (12), p.3423-3427

Ort / Verlag

Reading: Soc General Microbiol

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 1 Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali, Epidemiologia, Ecologia, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy 2 Department of Prevention, Veterinary Services, Animal Health Division, ASL n. 19, Asti, Italy 3 Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Virology, Diskapi, Ankara, Turkey Correspondence Sergio Rosati sergio.rosati{at}unito.it In this study, characterization of the gag gene of small ruminant lentiviruses was carried out in Italian mixed flocks. The nearly complete gag gene was amplified and sequenced. Within genotype A, subtype A1 and a novel subtype, A8, were found in goats, and another novel subtype, A9, was found in both sheep and goats. Subtype B1 was found in both host species and subtype B2 was identified only in sheep. A novel, highly divergent sequence was obtained from goats in two epidemiologically related flocks and is proposed to represent a novel genotype, E. Major epitopes of matrix and capsid antigen were highly divergent, suggesting that serological identification of animals infected with genotype E may have been missed by using currently available diagnostic tests. A recombinant subunit ELISA, based on genotype E-specific epitopes, was developed and a third independent flock carrying this genotype was identified, based on serology. The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper are EF675997–EF676026 (partial gag ) and EU010120–EU010126 (complete gag ).