Adapted Tembusu-like virus in chickens and geese in China

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Aug;50(8):2807-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00655-12. Epub 2012 Jun 12.

Abstract

An outbreak of egg drop disease occurred in many chicken and goose farms in China in 2011. By using an NS5-specific reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), we found that 56% of chicken and 38% of goose samples were positive for Tembusu-like virus (TMUV). Isolates showed high sequence homology to duck TMUVs, and chickens and geese showed signs of egg drop disease after experimental infection with duck TMUV. Our data suggest TMUV has adapted in domestic birds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Biological
  • Animals
  • Chickens
  • China
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Flaviviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Flaviviridae Infections / pathology
  • Flaviviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Flaviviridae Infections / virology
  • Flavivirus / classification*
  • Flavivirus / genetics
  • Flavivirus / isolation & purification*
  • Geese
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Poultry Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Poultry Diseases / virology*
  • RNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • RNA, Viral

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JQ627860
  • GENBANK/JQ627861
  • GENBANK/JQ627862
  • GENBANK/JQ627863
  • GENBANK/JQ627864
  • GENBANK/JQ627865