Phylogenetic analysis of Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus strains from the Arabian Peninsula: Did RHDV emerge simultaneously in Europe and Asia?

N. L. Forrester; M. I. Abubakr; E. M.E. Abu Elzein; A. I. Al-Afaleq; F. M.T. Housawi; S. R. Moss; S. L. Turner; E. A. Gould

doi:10.1016/j.virol.2005.10.006

Phylogenetic analysis of Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus strains from the Arabian Peninsula: Did RHDV emerge simultaneously in Europe and Asia?

N. L. Forrester, M. I. Abubakr, E. M.E. Abu Elzein, A. I. Al-Afaleq, F. M.T. Housawi, S. R. Moss, S. L. Turner, E. A. Gould

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Abstract

Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) emerged in 1984 in China and subsequently a single strain apparently dispersed worldwide killing millions of rabbits. Two isolates that caused outbreaks in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have been sequenced and analysed phylogenetically. The Saudi Arabian lineage is directly descended from the Chinese strain, but the Bahrain isolate occupies a distinct and more divergent lineage than the Chinese virus implying that epidemic RHDV strains have emerged at least twice during the past 20 years and are co-circulating in both domestic and wild rabbits.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	277-282
Number of pages	6
Journal	Virology
Volume	344
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2005.10.006
State	Published - Jan 20 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Emerging viruses
Middle East
Phylogenetic analysis
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus

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