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Genetic diversity of pigeon circovirus in Hungary

Genetic diversity of pigeon circovirus in Hungary Pigeon circoviruses (PiCV) had been identified worldwide and are responsible for immune suppression and a variety of diseases collectively referred to as young pigeon disease syndrome. Samples from racing pigeons were collected throughout Hungary and analyzed for the presence of PiCV by polymerase chain reaction. The capsid protein coding gene was amplified from ten PiCVs of different origins, and compared with known PiCV sequences. The results indicated that PiCV was highly variable, the viruses formed five distinct genetic groups. Differences of the 3′ end of the gene suggested the possibility of genetic recombination among these groups. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Virus Genes Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
Subject
Biomedicine; Plant Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Virology
ISSN
0920-8569
eISSN
1572-994X
DOI
10.1007/s11262-011-0669-6
pmid
21922293
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Abstract

Pigeon circoviruses (PiCV) had been identified worldwide and are responsible for immune suppression and a variety of diseases collectively referred to as young pigeon disease syndrome. Samples from racing pigeons were collected throughout Hungary and analyzed for the presence of PiCV by polymerase chain reaction. The capsid protein coding gene was amplified from ten PiCVs of different origins, and compared with known PiCV sequences. The results indicated that PiCV was highly variable, the viruses formed five distinct genetic groups. Differences of the 3′ end of the gene suggested the possibility of genetic recombination among these groups.

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Virus GenesSpringer Journals

Published: Sep 16, 2011

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