Sakai Kouji, Ueno Yuichi, Ueda Shuhei, Yada Kaori, Fukushi Shuetsu, Saijo Masayuki, Kurane Ichiro, Mutoh Kenichiro, Yoshioka Kazuki, Nakamura Masayuki, Takehara Kazuaki, Morikawa Shigeru, Mizutani Tetsuya
Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Gakuen 4-7-1, Musashimurayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
Vet Microbiol. 2009 Mar 2;134(3-4):227-32. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.08.022. Epub 2008 Aug 28.
An orthoreovirus was isolated from an Ostrich (Struthio camelus) and rapidly identified as orthoreovirus by the rapid determination of viral RNA sequences (RDV) system and electron microscopy. Phylogenetic analysis of the sigma A protein indicated that the isolate belonged to avian species and was closely related to chicken orthoreovirus strain 138. The results of the present study indicated that an ostrich orthoreovirus is slight different from other chicken orthoreoviruses and provided evidence of diversity among avian orthoreoviruses. To our knowledge, this is the first genetic report of an orthoreovirus isolated from an ostrich.
从一只鸵鸟（鸵鸟属骆驼鸵鸟）中分离出一种正呼肠孤病毒，并通过病毒RNA序列快速测定（RDV）系统和电子显微镜迅速鉴定为正呼肠孤病毒。对σA蛋白的系统发育分析表明，该分离株属于禽类，与鸡正呼肠孤病毒138株密切相关。本研究结果表明，鸵鸟正呼肠孤病毒与其他鸡正呼肠孤病毒略有不同，并提供了禽类正呼肠孤病毒多样性的证据。据我们所知，这是从鸵鸟中分离出的正呼肠孤病毒的首次基因报告。
