Potential role of wolf (Canis lupus) as passive carrier of European brown hare syndrome virus (EBHSV)

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Abstract

European brown hare syndrome virus (EBHSV) was detected in a faecal swab collected from a wolf carcass in Northern Italy. The full-length genome of the EBHSV WOLF/17/2016/ITA strain was determined. In the VP60 capsid gene, the wolf strain displayed the highest genetic identity (99.2-99.1% nucleotide and 99.6-99.7% amino acid) with two EBHSV strains recently found in the intestinal content of a red fox and in the spleen and liver of a hare in Northern Italy. This finding poses interrogatives on the potential role of carnivores as EBHSV passive carriers, favoring the introduction and spread of the virus among different hare populations.

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  • MARSILIO F.;MARTELLA V.

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2018

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0034-5288

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