Detection and phylogenetic analysis of adenoviruses occurring in a single anole species
Adenoviruses (AdVs) infect a wide range of hosts, and they have undergone recent and ancient host transfers multiple times. In reptiles, AdVs have been found in many captive individuals, and have been implicated in morbidity and mortality in several species. Yet the pathogenicity, transmission, phyl...
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| author | Sofia R. Prado-Irwin Martijn van de Schoot Anthony J. Geneva |
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| description | Adenoviruses (AdVs) infect a wide range of hosts, and they have undergone recent and ancient host transfers multiple times. In reptiles, AdVs have been found in many captive individuals, and have been implicated in morbidity and mortality in several species. Yet the pathogenicity, transmission, phylogenetic distribution, and source of AdVs in the environment are still unknown. We therefore chose to opportunistically sample deceased captive Anolis sagrei individuals that were collected from different populations in the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands, as well as fecal samples from one island population, to explore the disease dynamics and diversity of adenovirus infecting A. sagrei populations. We found that adenovirus infection was present in our captive colony at low prevalence (26%), and was likely not the primary cause of observed morbidity and mortality. Among the 10 individuals (out of 38 sampled) which tested positive for adenovirus, we identified four adenovirus clades, several of which are distantly related, despite the close relationships of the A. sagrei host populations. These results suggest that while adenovirus may not be highly prevalent in the wild, it is present at low levels across much of the range of A. sagrei. It may undergo frequent host switching across both deep and shallow host divergences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbe378412f9c4d1d9c48c43122def7992023-12-03T11:07:01ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592018-08-016e552110.7717/peerj.5521Detection and phylogenetic analysis of adenoviruses occurring in a single anole speciesSofia R. Prado-Irwin0Martijn van de Schoot1Anthony J. Geneva2Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USADepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USADepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USAAdenoviruses (AdVs) infect a wide range of hosts, and they have undergone recent and ancient host transfers multiple times. In reptiles, AdVs have been found in many captive individuals, and have been implicated in morbidity and mortality in several species. Yet the pathogenicity, transmission, phylogenetic distribution, and source of AdVs in the environment are still unknown. We therefore chose to opportunistically sample deceased captive Anolis sagrei individuals that were collected from different populations in the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands, as well as fecal samples from one island population, to explore the disease dynamics and diversity of adenovirus infecting A. sagrei populations. We found that adenovirus infection was present in our captive colony at low prevalence (26%), and was likely not the primary cause of observed morbidity and mortality. Among the 10 individuals (out of 38 sampled) which tested positive for adenovirus, we identified four adenovirus clades, several of which are distantly related, despite the close relationships of the A. sagrei host populations. These results suggest that while adenovirus may not be highly prevalent in the wild, it is present at low levels across much of the range of A. sagrei. It may undergo frequent host switching across both deep and shallow host divergences.https://peerj.com/articles/5521.pdfAdenovirusAnolisPhylogenyBrown anolePathogen |
| spellingShingle | Sofia R. Prado-Irwin Martijn van de Schoot Anthony J. Geneva Detection and phylogenetic analysis of adenoviruses occurring in a single anole species PeerJ Adenovirus Anolis Phylogeny Brown anole Pathogen |
| title | Detection and phylogenetic analysis of adenoviruses occurring in a single anole species |
| title_full | Detection and phylogenetic analysis of adenoviruses occurring in a single anole species |
| title_fullStr | Detection and phylogenetic analysis of adenoviruses occurring in a single anole species |
| title_full_unstemmed | Detection and phylogenetic analysis of adenoviruses occurring in a single anole species |
| title_short | Detection and phylogenetic analysis of adenoviruses occurring in a single anole species |
| title_sort | detection and phylogenetic analysis of adenoviruses occurring in a single anole species |
| topic | Adenovirus Anolis Phylogeny Brown anole Pathogen |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/5521.pdf |
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