A novel pulmonary polyomavirus in alpacas (Vicugna pacos)
•Alpaca polyomavirus is phylogenetically related to the Wuki group of respiratory polyomaviruses in humans.•Alpaca polyomavirus nucleic acid was detected in the lung.•In alpacas without respiratory disease, virus is detected in few scattered bronchiolar epithelial cells.•Alpaca polyomavirus detected...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Veterinary microbiology 2017-03, Vol.201, p.49-55 |
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Zusammenfassung: | •Alpaca polyomavirus is phylogenetically related to the Wuki group of respiratory polyomaviruses in humans.•Alpaca polyomavirus nucleic acid was detected in the lung.•In alpacas without respiratory disease, virus is detected in few scattered bronchiolar epithelial cells.•Alpaca polyomavirus detected in bronchiolar epithelium in animals with pneumonia indicates a potential contribution to respiratory disease.
Viral metagenomic analysis detected a novel polyomavirus in a 6-month old female alpaca (Vicugna pacos) euthanized after a diagnosis of disseminated lymphosarcoma. The viral genome was fully sequenced, found to be similar to other polyomaviruses in gene architecture and provisionally named Alpaca polyomavirus or AlPyV. Viral nucleic acid was detected by PCR in venous blood, spleen, thymus, and lung. AlPyV phylogenetically clustered in the “Wuki” group of PyVs, which includes WU and KI polyomaviruses, commonly found in human respiratory samples. In an ISH analysis of 17 alpaca necropsies, 7 had detectable virus within the lung. In animals without pneumonia, probe hybridization was restricted to the nuclei of scattered individual bronchiolar epithelial cells. Three of the ISH positive alpacas had interstitial pneumonia of unknown origin, and in these animals there was viral nucleic acid detected in bronchiolar epithelium, type II pneumocytes, and alveolar macrophages. The pattern of AlPyV distribution is consistent with a persistent respiratory virus that has a possible role in respiratory disease. |
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ISSN: | 0378-1135 1873-2542 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.01.005 |