Molecular epidemiology and phylodynamics of goose haemorrhagic polyomavirus

Abstract

The causative dsDNA virus, the goose haemorrhagic polyomavirus (GHPV), or recently named Anser anser polyomavirus 1, belongs to the Gammapolyomavirus genus of the Polyomaviridae family (Guerin et al., 2000). The genome of GHPV is 5252-5256 bp long and comprises the genes of the VP1-VP3 structure proteins, the large and small tumour antigens (LTA and STA), and the predicted ORF-X with unknown function (Fehér,

Genomic Epidemiology and Evolution of Duck Hepatitis A Virus

“…The European DHAV-1 strains (represented by the genomic sequences of Hungarian isolates) are closely related to DHAV-1 strains collected in China. This is consistent with earlier observations on other closely related waterfowl origin pathogens whose geographical distribution is shared between these distant geographic areas; all these findings may suggest common drivers or modes of dispersal of a variety of waterfowl viruses between Far East Asia and parts of Europe [ 36 , 37 , 38 ]. However, currently available data are scant, which prevents detailed analyses on the route of strain dispersal between Asia and Europe; therefore, further data are greatly needed.…”