New Avian Hepadnavirus in Palaeognathous Bird, Germany

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;23(12):2089-2091. doi: 10.3201/eid2312.161634.

Abstract

In 2015, we identified an avian hepatitis B virus associated with hepatitis in a group of captive elegant-crested tinamous (Eudromia elegans) in Germany. The full-length genome of this virus shares <76% sequence identity with other avihepadnaviruses. The virus may therefore be considered a new extant avian hepadnavirus.

Keywords: Germany; HBV; avian hepadnavirus; elegant-crested tinamou; hepatitis B virus; palaeognathae; the Netherlands; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Zoo
  • Biological Evolution
  • Bird Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Bird Diseases / pathology
  • Bird Diseases / virology
  • Extinction, Biological
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Hepadnaviridae / classification
  • Hepadnaviridae / genetics*
  • Hepadnaviridae / isolation & purification
  • Hepadnaviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Hepadnaviridae Infections / pathology
  • Hepadnaviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Hepadnaviridae Infections / virology
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / epidemiology*
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / pathology
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / virology
  • Host Specificity
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver / virology
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Palaeognathae / virology
  • Phylogeny
  • Viral Proteins / genetics*

Substances

  • Viral Proteins