Sacristán Carlos, Esperón Fernando, Ewbank Ana Carolina, Costa-Silva Samira, Marigo Juliana, Matushima Eliana Reiko, Kolesnikovas Cristiane Kiyomi Miyaji, Catão-Dias José Luiz
1 Laboratório de Patologia Comparada de Animais Selvagens (LAPCOM), Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, São Paulo, SP 05508-270, Brazil.
2 Grupo de Epidemiología y Sanidad Ambiental, Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (INIA-CISA), Ctra Algete el Casar s/n, Valdeolmos, Madrid, 28130, Spain.
J Wildl Dis. 2018 Jul;54(3):592-596. doi: 10.7589/2017-09-224. Epub 2018 Mar 29.
There are few studies on pathogens affecting free-ranging pinnipeds from South America. We employed molecular techniques to identify a gammaherpesvirus infection by two putative novel herpesvirus species: Otariid herpesvirus 5 (OtHV-5), possibly associated with ulcerative cutaneous lesions, and Otariid herpesvirus 6 (OtHV-6) in a wild South American fur seal ( Arctocephalus australis) that stranded alive in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. Here we provide new information regarding pinniped herpesviruses, important for the design of future disease surveillance studies.
关于影响南美洲野生鳍足类动物的病原体的研究很少。我们运用分子技术,在一只活体搁浅于巴西南部圣卡塔琳娜州的南美野生海狗(南极海狗)身上,鉴定出一种由两种假定的新型疱疹病毒引起的γ疱疹病毒感染:可能与溃疡性皮肤损伤有关的海狮疱疹病毒5(OtHV-5),以及海狮疱疹病毒6(OtHV-6)。在此,我们提供了有关鳍足类疱疹病毒的新信息,这对未来疾病监测研究的设计很重要。