Institute of Poultry, Birds, Small Mammals, and Reptiles, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Gerbičeva ulica 60, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Prešernova cesta 20, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
J Wildl Dis. 2021 Apr 1;57(2):368-375. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00032.
Herpesviruses (HVs) were detected by PCR in the cloacal swabs of 0.76% (4/525) clinically healthy free-living passerine birds from 32 different species captured in mist nets in Slovenia during the 2014 and 2017 autumn migrations. Herpesviruses were detected in the Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), the Common Blackbird (Turdus merula), and the Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). Phylogenetic analysis of partial DNA polymerase gene nucleotide sequences of the HV strains showed a distant relationship with other alphaherpesviruses of birds. In the phylogenetic tree, the HVs detected were clustered together with HV detected in Sulphur-crested Cockatoo and Neotropic Cormorants, as well as with known HVs such as gallid HV1, psittacid HV1 and HV2, and passerine HV1. Different sequences of HVs with relatively low identity were detected in our study, suggesting that different HVs were circulating in passerines sampled during the autumn migration in Slovenia.
在斯洛文尼亚,2014 年和 2017 年秋迁徙期间,通过在雾网中捕获的 32 种不同物种的 525 只自由生活的雀形目鸟类的泄殖腔拭子,通过 PCR 检测到疱疹病毒(HV)。在欧亚鸲(Sylvia atricapilla)、普通乌鸦(Turdus merula)和欧亚蓝山雀(Cyanistes caeruleus)中检测到了疱疹病毒。HV 株部分 DNA 聚合酶基因核苷酸序列的系统发育分析表明,它们与鸟类的其他α疱疹病毒存在远距离关系。在系统发育树中,检测到的 HV 与凤头鹦鹉和新热带鸬鹚中检测到的 HV 以及已知的 HV 如鸡疱疹病毒 1、凤头鹦鹉疱疹病毒 1 和 2 以及雀形目疱疹病毒 1 聚集在一起。本研究中检测到的 HV 序列具有相对较低的同一性,这表明在斯洛文尼亚秋迁徙期间采样的雀形目鸟类中存在不同的 HV 循环。