The
Calicivirus
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| The genus Bavovirus
is comprised of a single species,
Bavaria virus, and is
found in chickens (Wolf et al.,
2011, 2012). The presumed complete genome sequence of a chicken calicivirus (V0021/Bayern/2004) was submitted to the public databases on the 2nd August 2010 (HQ010042; Wolf et al., 2011). The sequence was 7908 nt in length with a 5 nt 5' UTR and a 105 nt 3' UTR. Two ORFs were predicted, one (ORF-1) coding for the non-structural and VP1 (capsid) polypeptides and the other (ORF-2) coding for a putative minor capsid protein (VP2). It is not known if this virus is related to a chicken calicivirus previously described by Cubitt and Barrett (1985). References Cubitt, W.D. and Barrett, A.D. (1985). Propagation and preliminary characterization of a chicken candidate calicivirus. J Gen Virol. 66: 1431-1438. Wolf, S., Reetz, J. and Otto, P. (2011). Genetic characterization of a novel calicivirus from chicken. Arch. Virol. 156: 1143-1150. Wolf, S., Reetz, J., Hoffmann, K., Gründel, A., Schwarz, B.A., Hänel, I. and Otto, P.H. (2012). Discovery and genetic characterization of novel caliciviruses in German and Dutch poultry. Arch Virol. 2012 May 12. [Epub ahead of print] |