Genomic Sequence of a Megrivirus Strain Identified in Laying Hens in Brazil

Priscilla F Gerber; Huigang Shen; Ying Zheng; Ganwu Li; Zélia I P Lobato; Tanja Opriessnig

doi:10.1128/MRA.01438-18

Genomic Sequence of a Megrivirus Strain Identified in Laying Hens in Brazil

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jan 24;8(4):e01438-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01438-18. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Authors

Priscilla F Gerber¹, Huigang Shen², Ying Zheng², Ganwu Li², Zélia I P Lobato³, Tanja Opriessnig^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Animal Science, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
² Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
³ Laboratório de Pesquisa em Virologia Animal, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
⁴ The Roslin Institute and The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.

Abstract

A new strain of chicken megrivirus was identified in fecal samples of layer chickens in a commercial flock in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is most closely related to the family Picornaviridae, genus Megrivirus, species Melegrivirus A, and has an overall nucleotide identity of up to 85.1% with other megrivirus strains.