We report the identification of astrovirus WI65268 in a white-tailed deer with respiratory disease in the United States in 2018. This virus is a recombinant of Kagoshima1-7 and Kagoshima2-3-2 (both bovine astroviruses from Japan) and was characterized as a potential new genotype. Further surveillance of deer might help identify related isolates.
Keywords: ORF1a; ORF1b; United States; astrovirus; bacteria; bovine astroviruses; capsid; co-infection; next-generation sequencing; phylogenetic analysis; recombinant virus; respiratory diseases; viruses; white-tailed deer.