Detection of a Novel Gull-like Clade of Newcastle Disease Virus and H3N8 Avian Influenza Virus in the Arctic Region of Russia (Taimyr Peninsula). / Derko, Anastasiya; Dubovitskiy, Nikita; Prokudin, Alexander et al.
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T1 - Detection of a Novel Gull-like Clade of Newcastle Disease Virus and H3N8 Avian Influenza Virus in the Arctic Region of Russia (Taimyr Peninsula)
AU - Derko, Anastasiya
AU - Dubovitskiy, Nikita
AU - Prokudin, Alexander
AU - Mine, Junki
AU - Tsunekuni, Ryota
AU - Uchida, Yuko
AU - Saito, Takehiko
AU - Kasianov, Nikita
AU - Loginova, Arina
AU - Sobolev, Ivan
AU - Kumar, Sachin
AU - Shestopalov, Alexander
AU - Sharshov, Kirill
N1 - The study was partially supported by the following sources: RSF project 23-64-00005, state-funded budget project 225020408196-1.
PY - 2025/7/7
Y1 - 2025/7/7
N2 - Wild waterbirds are circulating important RNA viruses, such as avian coronaviruses, avian astroviruses, avian influenza viruses, and avian paramyxoviruses. Waterbird migration routes cover vast territories both within and between continents. The breeding grounds of many species are in the Arctic, but research into this region is rare. This study reports the first Newcastle disease virus (NDV) detection in Arctic Russia. As a result of a five-year study (from 2019 to 2023) of avian paramyxoviruses and avian influenza viruses in wild waterbirds of the Taimyr Peninsula, whole-genome sequences of NDV and H3N8 were obtained. The resulting influenza virus isolate was phylogenetically related to viruses that circulated between 2021 and 2023 in Eurasia, Siberia, and Asia. All NDV sequences were obtained from the Herring gull, and other gull sequences formed a separate gull-like clade in the sub-genotype I.1.2.1, Class II. This may indirectly indicate that different NDV variants adapt to more host species than is commonly believed. Further surveillance of other gull species may help to test the hypothesis of putative gull-specific NDV lineage and better understand their role in the evolution and global spread of NDV.
AB - Wild waterbirds are circulating important RNA viruses, such as avian coronaviruses, avian astroviruses, avian influenza viruses, and avian paramyxoviruses. Waterbird migration routes cover vast territories both within and between continents. The breeding grounds of many species are in the Arctic, but research into this region is rare. This study reports the first Newcastle disease virus (NDV) detection in Arctic Russia. As a result of a five-year study (from 2019 to 2023) of avian paramyxoviruses and avian influenza viruses in wild waterbirds of the Taimyr Peninsula, whole-genome sequences of NDV and H3N8 were obtained. The resulting influenza virus isolate was phylogenetically related to viruses that circulated between 2021 and 2023 in Eurasia, Siberia, and Asia. All NDV sequences were obtained from the Herring gull, and other gull sequences formed a separate gull-like clade in the sub-genotype I.1.2.1, Class II. This may indirectly indicate that different NDV variants adapt to more host species than is commonly believed. Further surveillance of other gull species may help to test the hypothesis of putative gull-specific NDV lineage and better understand their role in the evolution and global spread of NDV.
KW - APMV-1
KW - Arctic
KW - H3N8
KW - NDV
KW - Orthoavulavirus javaense
KW - Taimyr Peninsula
KW - avian influenza virus
KW - avian paramyxovirus
KW - herring gull
KW - northern pintail
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U2 - 10.3390/v17070955
DO - 10.3390/v17070955
M3 - Article
C2 - 40733572
VL - 17
JO - Viruses
JF - Viruses
SN - 1999-4915
IS - 7
M1 - 955
ER -
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