Myxomatosis is an emergent disease in the Iberian hare, having been considered a rabbit disease for decades. Genome sequencing of the strains obtained from Iberian hares with myxomatosis showed these to be distinct from the classical ones that circulated in rabbits since the virus introduction in...
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Santos, F. A. A. dos; Carvalho, C. L.; Monteiro, M.; Carvalho, P.; Mendonça, P.; Peleteiro, M. da C.; Duarte, M. D.
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Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2021, 68, 4, pp 2616-2621
The recent emergence of a new myxoma virus capable of causing disease in the Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis) has resulted in numerous outbreaks with high mortality leading to the reduction, or even the disappearance, of many local populations of this wild species in the Iberian Peninsula....
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Santos, F. A. A. dos; Carvalho, C. L.; Valente, P. C. L. G.; Armés, H.; Reemers, S. S.; Peleteiro, M. C.; Sanz, I. C.; Dalton, K. P.; Parra, F.; Duarte, M. D.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Vaccines, 2022, 10, 3,
Myxoma virus (MV) and rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) are the major causes of lethal viral diseases in the European rabbit. In 2010, a new RHDV genotype (RHDV2) emerged in the field that had limited cross-protection with the classical RHDV (RHDV1). For optimal protection of rabbits and...
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Reemers, S.; Peeters, L.; Schijndel, J. van; Bruton, B.; Sutton, D.; Waart, L. van der; Zande, S. van de
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Vaccines, 2020, 8, 3,
Myxoma virus (MYXV) and rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) are two major pathogens that affect the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Between August 2017 and August 2019, 1166 wild rabbits (971 legally hunted and 195 found dead) were tested by PCR-based methods for MYXV and RHDV2...
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Carvalho, C. L.; Santos, F. A. A. dos; Fagulha, T.; Carvalho, P.; Mendonça, P.; Monteiro, M.; Duarte, M. D.
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BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK
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Veterinary Record Case Reports, 2020, 8, 1,
To characterize the ongoing evolution of myxoma virus in Australian rabbits, we used experimental infections of laboratory rabbits to determine the virulence and disease phenotypes of recent virus isolates. The viruses, collected between 2012 and 2015, fell into three lineages, one of which,...
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Kerr, P. J.; Cattadori, I. M.; Sim, D.; Liu, J.; Holmes, E. C.; Read, A. F.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, D.C., USA
Citation
Journal of Virology, 2022, 96, 20,
Estimation of the diagnostic performance of serological tests often relies on another test assumed as a reference or on samples of known infection status, yet both are seldom available for emerging pathogens in wildlife. Longitudinal disease serological data can be analysed through multi-event...
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Pacheco, H.; Lopes, A. M.; Bárcena, J.; Blanco, E.; Abrantes, J.; Esteves, P.; Choquet, R.; Alves, P. C.; Santos, N.
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Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2022, 69, 5, pp e3024-e3035
Myxoma virus (MYXV) causes morbidity and mortality in European wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) worldwide, and recently in Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) in Spain. We aimed to assess the presence of MYXV-specific DNA in ixodid ticks collected from both hosts. A total of 417 ticks harvested...
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García-Pereira, S.; González-Barrio, D.; Fernández-García, J. L.; Gómez-Martín, A.; Habela, M. Á.; García-Bocanegra, I.; Calero-Bernal, R.
Publisher
Wildlife Disease Association, Lawrence, USA
Citation
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2021, 57, 2, pp 423-428
A natural recombinant myxoma virus (referred to as ha-MYXV or MYXV-Tol08/18) emerged in the Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis) and the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in late 2018 and mid-2020, respectively. This new virus is genetically distinct from classic myxoma virus (MYXV) strains that...
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Santos, F. A. A. dos; Carvalho, C. L.; Parra, F.; Dalton, K. P.; Peleteiro, M. C.; Duarte, M. D.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, 22, 21,
Australia is known for its long history of using biocontrol agents, such as myxoma virus (MYXV) and rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), to manage wild European rabbit populations. Interestingly, while undertaking RHDV surveillance of rabbits that were found dead, we observed that...
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Jenckel, M.; Hall, R. N.; Strive, T.
Publisher
Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2022, 69, 5, pp e2629-e2640
Myxoma virus (MYXV) is naturally found in rabbit Sylvilagus species and is known to cause lethal myxomatosis in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). In 2019, an MYXV strain (MYXV strain Toledo [MYXV-Tol]) causing myxomatosis-like disease in Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) was identified....
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Águeda-Pinto, A.; Kraberger, S.; Everts, A.; Gutierrez-Jensen, A.; Glenn, H. L.; Dalton, K. P.; Podadera, A.; Parra, F.; Martinez-Haro, M.; Viñuelas, J. A.; Varsani, A.; McFadden, G.; Rahman, M. M.; Esteves, P. J.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, D.C., USA
Citation
mBio, 2022, 13, 2,