Molecular Characterization of Genome Sequences of Beak and Feather Disease Virus from the Australian Twenty-Eight Parrot (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)

Subir Sarker; Shubhagata Das; Seyed A Ghorashi; Jade K Forwood; Shane R Raidal

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01255-14

Molecular Characterization of Genome Sequences of Beak and Feather Disease Virus from the Australian Twenty-Eight Parrot (Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus)

Genome Announc. 2014 Dec 4;2(6):e01255-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01255-14.

Authors

Subir Sarker¹, Shubhagata Das, Seyed A Ghorashi, Jade K Forwood, Shane R Raidal¹

Affiliation

¹ ssarker@csu.edu.au shraidal@csu.edu.au.

Abstract

Three complete genomes of beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) were recovered from wild twenty-eight parrots (Polytelis anthopeplus monarchoides). The genomes consisted of 1,996 bp with 1,934 identical sites and a typically content stem-loop structure between ORF1 and ORF2. This is the first report of BFDV infection as well as the complete genome sequences for this host species globally.