Overview of infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) in Atlantic Canada and first report of an ISAV North American-HPR0 subtype

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Gagné ◽  
F LeBlanc
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Atlantic Canada ◽  
Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus ◽  
First Report ◽  
Infectious Salmon Anaemia

In vivo virulence and genomic comparison of infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus isolates from Atlantic Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1373-1384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis LeBlanc ◽  
Steven Leadbeater ◽  
Mark Laflamme ◽  
Nellie Gagné
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Canada ◽  
Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus ◽  
Genomic Comparison ◽  
Virus Isolates ◽  
Infectious Salmon Anaemia

scholarly journals Antigenic variation among isolates of infectious salmon anaemia virus correlates with genetic variation of the viral haemagglutinin gene

2001 ◽  
Vol 82 (12) ◽  
pp. 2869-2879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick S. B. Kibenge ◽  
Molly J. T. Kibenge ◽  
Patricia K. McKenna ◽  
Paul Stothard ◽  
Rebecca Marshall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Sequence Analysis ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Antigenic Variation ◽  
Comparative Sequence Analysis ◽  
Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus ◽  
Marine Aquaculture ◽  
Sequence Identity ◽  
Ha Gene ◽  
Infectious Salmon Anaemia

Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV), an orthomyxovirus-like virus, is an important fish pathogen in marine aquaculture. Virus neutralization of 24 ISAV isolates in the TO cell line using rabbit antisera to the whole virus and comparative sequence analysis of their haemagglutinin (HA) genes have allowed elaboration on the variation of ISAV isolates. The 24 viruses were neutralized to varying degrees, revealing two major antigenic groups, one American and one European. Sequence analysis of the HA gene also revealed two groups of viruses (genotypes) that correlated with the antigenic groupings. The two HA subtypes had nucleotide sequence identity of only ⩽79·4% and amino acid sequence identity of ⩽84·5% whereas, within each subtype, the sequence identities were 90·7% or higher. This grouping was also evident upon phylogenetic analysis, which revealed two distinct phylogenetic families. Between the two groups, the amino acid sequence was most variable in the C-terminal region and included deletions of 4–16 amino acids in all isolates relative to ISAV isolate RPC/NB-980 280-2. In order to view the relationships among these sequences and the HA sequences of the established orthomyxoviruses, a second phylogenetic tree was constructed which showed the ISAV sequences to be more closely related to sequences from Influenzavirus A and Influenzavirus B than to sequences from Influenzavirus C and Thogotovirus. The extensive deletions in the gene of European ISAV isolates lead us to speculate that the archetypal ISAV was probably of Canadian origin.

scholarly journals First Report of Psittacanthus macrantherus on Pinus devoniana and Quercus castanea in Mexico

Plant Disease ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (11) ◽  
pp. 1461-1461 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Howell ◽  
S. Kenaley ◽  
R. Mathiasen
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
First Report ◽  
Northern Arizona ◽  
Infected Tree ◽  
Northern Arizona University ◽  
Pinus Spp ◽  
Very High ◽  
Important Parasite

The mistletoe Psittacanthus macrantherus Eichl. (Loranthaceae) is an important parasite of pines (Pinus spp., Pinaceae) in Mexico (1). It has been reported to parasitize Pinus engelmannii Carr., P. herrerai Mart., P. lawsonii Roezl ex Gord. & Glend., P. lumholtzii Robins & Fern., P. oocarpa Schiede, and P. pseudostrobus Lindl. (1). During July 2005, we found this mistletoe parasitizing P. devoniana Lindl. and Quercus castanea Nee near Route 40 in Sinaloa, Mexico approximately 12 km west of El Palmito (23°30′N, 105°07′W, elevation 1,900 m). The mistletoe was common in P. devoniana, and some trees were severely infected (>10 plants per tree). However, no mortality associated with mistletoe infection in P. devoniana was observed. Only one infected tree of Q. castanea was observed in this area and it was not severely infected. We also observed this mistletoe on P. douglasiana Mart. along Route 40 west and east of El Palmito, but no specimens were collected because plants were very high in the crowns of the infected trees. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this mistletoe parasitizing P. devoniana, P. douglasiana, and Q. castanea (1). Specimens of Psittacanthus macrantherus from P. devoniana and Q. castenea have been deposited at the Deaver Herbarium (ASC), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff (Accession Nos. 79534 and 79535). References: (1) B. Geils et al. Mistletoes of North American conifers. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-98, 2002.

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