Genomic Sequence of a New Alphavirus Detected in Comber (Serranus cabrilla)

Gianpiero Zamperin; Adelaide Milani; Michele Gastaldelli; Rosita Quartesan; Andrea Fortin; Elisabetta Cappellozza; Pierpaolo Patarnello; Anna Toffan

doi:10.1128/MRA.01294-19

Genomic Sequence of a New Alphavirus Detected in Comber (Serranus cabrilla)

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jan 9;9(2):e01294-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01294-19.

Authors

Gianpiero Zamperin¹, Adelaide Milani¹, Michele Gastaldelli², Rosita Quartesan¹, Andrea Fortin¹, Elisabetta Cappellozza³, Pierpaolo Patarnello⁴, Anna Toffan^{5

2}

Affiliations

¹ Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Legnaro, Padua, Italy.
² Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Specialistic Aquatic Animal Health Centre, Legnaro, Padua, Italy.
³ Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Health Awareness and Communication Department, Legnaro, Padua, Italy.
⁴ Local Veterinary Services (ASL), Lecce, Italy.
⁵ Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe), Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Legnaro, Padua, Italy atoffan@izsvenezie.it.

Abstract

The comber alphavirus was isolated from a fish cell line from the brain of an apparently healthy Serranus cabrilla specimen collected during wild fish surveillance in southern Italy. The comber alphavirus is a new member of the genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae.