Abstract

Ranaviruses (family Iridoviridae) cause important diseases in cold-blooded vertebrates. In addition, some occurrences indicate that, in this genus, the same virus can infect animals from different taxonomic groups. A strain isolated from a Ranavirus outbreak (2012) in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, had its genome sequenced and presented 99.26% and 36.85% identity with samples of Frog virus 3 (FV3) and Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV) ranaviruses, respectively. Eight potential recombination events among the analyzed sample and reference FV3 samples were identified, including a recombination with Bohle iridovirus (BIV) sample from Oceania. The analyzed sample presented several rearrangements compared to FV3 reference samples from North America and European continent. We report for the first time the complete genome of Ranavirus FV3 isolated from South America, these results contribute to a greater knowledge related to evolutionary events of potentially lethal infectious agent for cold-blooded animals.

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Title
Genome analysis of Ranavirus frog virus 3 isolated from American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) in South America
Author
Candido, Marcelo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Loiane Sampaio Tavares 1 ; Anna Luiza Farias Alencar 2 ; Ferreira, Cláudia Maris 3 ; Sabrina Ribeiro de Almeida Queiroz 1 ; Fernandes, Andrezza Maria 1 ; Ricardo Luiz Moro de Sousa 1 

 Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Department of Veterinary Medicine, Pirassununga, Brazil 
 Technical University of Denmark, The National Veterinary Institute, Lyngby, Denmark 
 Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA), Fisheries Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil 
Pages
1-7
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Nov 2019
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2316418115
Copyright
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