Gammaherpesvirus (Type 1 Ruminant Rhadinovirus) in Muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) in Greenland

Kjell Handeland; Lajos Zoltan Muzs; Christine Cuyler; Marianne Heum; Faisal Suhel; Carlos G das Neves

doi:10.7589/2017-03-053

Gammaherpesvirus (Type 1 Ruminant Rhadinovirus) in Muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) in Greenland

J Wildl Dis. 2018 Apr;54(2):400-402. doi: 10.7589/2017-03-053. Epub 2017 Nov 17.

Authors

Kjell Handeland¹, Lajos Zoltan Muzs², Christine Cuyler³, Marianne Heum¹, Faisal Suhel¹, Carlos G das Neves¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Norwegian Veterinary Institute, PO Box 750 Sentrum, N-0106 Oslo, Norway.
² 2 Lajos Zoltan Muzs, Veterinary & Food Authority of Greenland, Box 169, 3920 Qaqortoq, Greenland.
³ 3 Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, PO Box 570, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland.

PMID: 29148883
DOI: 10.7589/2017-03-053

Abstract

The world's native distribution of muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) is restricted to Canada and Greenland, and a muskox-specific gammaherpesvirus has been described from Canadian populations. We analyzed spleen samples from the Kangerlussuaq muskox population in Greenland and identified muskox gammaherpes by PCR and sequencing.

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Greenland / epidemiology
Herpesviridae Infections / epidemiology
Herpesviridae Infections / veterinary*
Herpesviridae Infections / virology
Larva
Male
Rhadinovirus*
Ruminants / virology*
Tumor Virus Infections / epidemiology
Tumor Virus Infections / veterinary*
Tumor Virus Infections / virology