Snakehead rhabdovirus

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Snakehead rhabdovirus
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA) Order: Mononegavirales Family: Rhabdoviridae Genus: Novirhabdovirus Species: Snakehead rhabdovirus

Snakehead rhabdovirus (SHRV) is a novirhabdovirus^[1] that affects various species warm water wild and pond-cultured fish in Southeast Asia, including snakehead species for which it is named.^[2]

It optimal temperature range for growth is between 28°C and 31°C. It is classified as a novirhabdovirus because of its nonvirion gene (NV). Coding sequences of its glycoprotein (G) genes were found to be similar to the three other presently-classified novirhabdoviruses, Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV), and Hirame rhabdovirus (HIRRV), with between 36% and 47% amino acid identity. ^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Rhabdoviridae ICTVdB Index of Viruses, Version 28, June, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
2. ^ Johnson, Marc C., Benjamin E. Simon, Carol H. Kim, and Jo-Ann C. Leong. Production of Recombinant Snakehead Rhabdovirus: the NV Protein Is Not Required for Viral Replicationdagger. Journal of Virology, March 2000, p. 2343-2350, Vol. 74, No. 5. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
3. ^ Johnson, M.C., J.M. Maxwell, P.C. Loh, J.A. Leong. Molecular characterization of the glycoproteins from two warm water rhabdoviruses: snakehead rhabdovirus (SHRV) and rhabdovirus of penaeid shrimp (RPS)/spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV).. Virus Research, Volume 64, Issue 2, November 1999, Pages 95-106. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.