scholarly journals Characterization of a pigeon paramyxovirus (PPMV-1) isolated from chickens in South Africa : research communication

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Abolnik ◽  
R.F. Horner ◽  
R. Maharaj ◽  
G.J. Viljoen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Newcastle Disease ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Far East ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Data ◽  
Sequence Identity ◽  
Death Time ◽  
The Far East

A paramyxovirus with a thermostability of 60 min (typical of velogenic viruses) and a mean death time of > 90 h (typical of lentogenic viruses) was isolated from layers near Mooi River, South Africa. Our results, based on comparative nucleotide sequence data indicated that the virus is pigeon paramyxovirus 1 (PPMV-1), a variant of Newcastle disease virus. The F0 cleavage site contains a 112RRKKRF117 motif, and the virus had 98 % sequence identity with PPMV-1 strains from the Far East. PPMV-1 was last reported in South Africa during the 1980s, with this being the first report of PPMV-1 isolated from chickens in South Africa.

scholarly journals Characterization of pigeon paramyxoviruses (Newcastle disease virus) isolated in South Africa from 2001 to 2006

2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Abolnik ◽  
G. H. Gerders ◽  
J. Kitching ◽  
S. Swanepoel ◽  
M. Romito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Newcastle Disease Virus ◽  
Disease Virus ◽  
Newcastle Disease ◽  
Far East ◽  
Poultry Production ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Pigeon Paramyxovirus Type 1

Pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 (PPMV-1), a variant of Newcastle disease virus that primarily affects doves and pigeons has been isolated in South Africa since the mid-1980s. Phylogenetic evidence indicates that pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 viruses were introduced in to South Africa on multiple occasions, based on the presence of two separate lineages, 4bi and 4bii, that have been circulating in Europe and the Far East since the early 1990s. During 2006, a PPMV-1 virus was isolated from an African ground hornbil(l Bucorvus leadbeateri) which becamea cutely infected with PPMV-1 and died, probably after scavenging off infected dove carcasses in the region, since a closely-related PPMV-1 strain was also isolated from doves collected nearby. The hornbill isolate had lCPl and MDT values characteristic of PPMV-1s trains. The threat of PPMV-1 to poultry production and biodiversity in southern Africa highlights the importance of monitoring the spread of this strain.

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