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. 2011 Mar 30;412(1):179-87.
doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.12.057. Epub 2011 Feb 1.

Novel DNA virus isolated from samples showing endothelial cell necrosis in the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica

Tetsuya Mizutani  1 , Yusuke Sayama, Akira Nakanishi, Hideharu Ochiai, Kouji Sakai, Kouji Wakabayashi, Nozomi Tanaka, Emi Miura, Mami Oba, Ichiro Kurane, Masayuki Saijo, Shigeru Morikawa, Shin-ichi Ono
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Novel DNA virus isolated from samples showing endothelial cell necrosis in the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica

Tetsuya Mizutani et al. Virology. .
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Economic loss due to viral endothelial cell necrosis of eel (VECNE) of Anguilla japonica is a serious problem for the cultured Japanese eel market. However, the viral genome responsible for VECNE is unknown. We recently developed a rapid determination system for viral nucleic acid sequences (RDV) to determine viral genome sequences. In this study, viral DNA fragments were obtained using RDV, and approximately 15-kbp circular full genome sequences were determined using a next-generation sequencing system, overlapping PCR, and Southern blot analysis. One open reading frame (ORF) was homologous to the large T-antigen of polyomavirus; other ORFs have no homology with any nucleic or amino acid sequences of polyomavirus. Therefore, as this DNA virus might comprise a novel virus family, we provisionally named it Japanese eel endothelial cells-infecting virus (JEECV). JEECV was detected in both naturally and experimentally infected eels, suggesting that JEECV potentially causes VECNE.

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