TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular characterisation of an avihepadnavirus isolated from Psittacula krameri (ring-necked parrot)
AU - Piasecki, Tomasz
AU - Kurenbach, Brigitta
AU - Chrzastek, Klaudia
AU - Bednarek, Karolina
AU - Kraberger, Simona
AU - Martin, Darren P.
AU - Varsani, Arvind
N1 - Funding Information:
Part of this research was supported by an Early Career Grant from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a University of Cape Town, South Africa, block grant awarded to AV. BK was supported by funding from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). Part of this research was supported by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science (grant no. N308 036 32/3369).
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Avihepadnaviruses have been documented previously in ducks, herons, geese, storks and cranes. Here, we describe the full genome of a new avihepadnavirus isolated from Psittacula krameri (ring-necked parrot) in Poland. The parrot hepatitis B virus (PHBV) genome (3042 bp) shares <76% sequence identity with other avihepadnavirus isolates and is phylogenetically most closely related to heron and stork hepatitis B viruses isolates. PHBV has a genome organization similar to that of other hepadnaviruses and contains ORFs for a preC/C, preS/S and polyprotein. Additionally, we identified an X-like ORF in the genome of PHBV. The full-genome data will be useful in developing screening tools for avihepadnaviruses in parrots.
AB - Avihepadnaviruses have been documented previously in ducks, herons, geese, storks and cranes. Here, we describe the full genome of a new avihepadnavirus isolated from Psittacula krameri (ring-necked parrot) in Poland. The parrot hepatitis B virus (PHBV) genome (3042 bp) shares <76% sequence identity with other avihepadnavirus isolates and is phylogenetically most closely related to heron and stork hepatitis B viruses isolates. PHBV has a genome organization similar to that of other hepadnaviruses and contains ORFs for a preC/C, preS/S and polyprotein. Additionally, we identified an X-like ORF in the genome of PHBV. The full-genome data will be useful in developing screening tools for avihepadnaviruses in parrots.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00705-011-1197-3
DO - 10.1007/s00705-011-1197-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 22183110
AN - SCOPUS:84857795546
SN - 0304-8608
VL - 157
SP - 585
EP - 590
JO - Archives of Virology
JF - Archives of Virology
IS - 3
ER -