Phylogenetic Analysis of Pigeon Paramyxoviruses Type-1 Identified in Mourning Collared-doves (Streptopelia decipiens) in Namibia, Africa

Umberto Molini; Gottlieb Aikukutu; Siegfried Khaiseb; Giovanni Cattoli; William G. Dundon

doi:10.7589/2017-10-246

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29 March 2018 Phylogenetic Analysis of Pigeon Paramyxoviruses Type-1 Identified in Mourning Collared-doves (Streptopelia decipiens) in Namibia, Africa

Umberto Molini, Gottlieb Aikukutu, Siegfried Khaiseb, Giovanni Cattoli, William G. Dundon

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 54(3):601-606 (2018). https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-10-246

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We generated the complete sequence of the fusion (F) protein gene from six pigeon paramyxoviruses type 1 (PPMV-1) isolated from Mourning Collared-doves (Streptopelia decipiens) in Namibia, Africa between 2016 and 2017. All of the isolates had an F gene cleavage site motif of ¹¹²RRQKRF¹¹⁷ characteristic of virulent viruses. A phylogenetic analysis using the full F gene sequence revealed that the viruses belonged to genotype VIa and were epidemiologically related to PPMV-1s from Asia, Europe, and North America.

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Umberto Molini, Gottlieb Aikukutu, Siegfried Khaiseb, Giovanni Cattoli, and William G. Dundon "Phylogenetic Analysis of Pigeon Paramyxoviruses Type-1 Identified in Mourning Collared-doves (Streptopelia decipiens) in Namibia, Africa," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54(3), 601-606, (29 March 2018). https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-10-246

Received: 5 October 2017; Accepted: 6 December 2017; Published: 29 March 2018

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