A novel cetacean adenovirus in stranded harbour porpoises from the North Sea: detection and molecular characterization

Steven J van Beurden, Lonneke L IJsseldijk, Marco W G van de Bildt, Lineke Begeman, James F X Wellehan, Thomas B Waltzek, Geert de Vrieze, Andrea Gröne, Thijs Kuiken, M Hélène Verheije*, Judit J Penzes

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    Abstract

    Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are the most prevalent cetaceans in the North Sea. The fecal viral flora of 21 harbour porpoises stranded along the Dutch coastline was analyzed by a metagenomics approach. Sequences of a novel cetacean mastadenovirus, designated harbour porpoise adenovirus 1 (HpAdV-1), were detected. The sequence of a 23-kbp genomic region, spanning the conserved late region, was determined using primer walking. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that HpAdV-1 is most closely related to bottlenose dolphin adenovirus and clusters with Cetartiodactyla adenoviruses. The prevalence of HpAdV-1 was low (2.6%) based on targeted PCR-screening of the intestinal contents of 151 harbour porpoises stranded between 2010 and 2013.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2035–2040
    JournalArchives of Virology
    Volume162
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Keywords

    • Intestinal Conten
    • Bottlenose Dolphin
    • Harbour Porpoise
    • Protease Cleavage Site
    • Bowhead Whale

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