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Palombieri A, Fruci P, Sarchese V, Robetto S, Orusa R, Arbuatti A, Martella V, Di Martino B, Di Profio F. Detection and Characterization of a Novel Picornavirus in European Badger (Meles meles). Vet Sci 2022; 9:vetsci9110645. [PMID: 36423093 PMCID: PMC9696597 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci9110645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Simple Summary A molecular survey was performed to investigate the gut virome of wild mustelids and sciurids found dead in Northwestern Italy. Using pan-picornavirus primer pair, we discovered a new picornavirus (PV) in the intestinal content of a European badger (Meles meles). The full-length genome of this novel strain was obtained by a sequence-independent single-primer amplification procedure in combination with Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing platform. On sequence analysis, the badger PV could be considered the prototype of a new species, proposed as Sakobuvirus B, classified within the still poorly characterized genus Sakobuvirus. The finding of this study poses interesting questions about the genetic diversity of these viruses, suggesting that the PV host range could be wider than expected. Abstract The recent development of unbiased metagenomic next-generation sequencing has provided a richer view of the wild animal virome making it necessary to expand the knowledge about virus diversity in wildlife, as well as to monitor their potential transmission to domestic animals or humans. In the present study, by screening collections of enteric specimens from wild animals, a novel picornavirus was identified in the intestinal content of a badger (Meles meles). By enrichment with a sequence-independent single-primer amplification (SISPA) approach and deep sequencing with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) platform, the genome sequence of a novel picornavirus strain, Badger/3A-2019/ITA, was reconstructed. On comparison based on the polyprotein sequences, the virus was distantly related (58.7% and 59.7% sequence identity at the nucleotide and amino acid level, respectively) to the feline picornavirus strain FFUP1, identified in 2012 in Portugal and classified into genus Sakobovirus within the species Sakobuvirus A. Upon phylogenetic, pairwise homology, and distance analyses performed on the P1, 2Chel, 3Cpro, and 3Dpol proteins and the complete genomic sequence, the badger picornavirus may be considered a member of a new sakobuvirus species, which we propose as Sakobuvirus B.
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- Andrea Palombieri
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
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- Centro di Referenza Nazionale per le Malattie degli Animali Selvatici (CeRMAS), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, della Liguria e della Valle d’Aosta, 11020 Aosta, Italy
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- Centro di Referenza Nazionale per le Malattie degli Animali Selvatici (CeRMAS), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, della Liguria e della Valle d’Aosta, 11020 Aosta, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università Aldo Moro di Bari, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0861-266845
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Arbuatti A, Defourny SVP, Salda LD, Romanucci M. Multifocal cutaneous peripheral nerve sheath tumors in a goldfish, Carassius auratus (L.). J Exot Pet Med 2021. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2019.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Di Profio F, Melegari I, Palombieri A, Sarchese V, Arbuatti A, Fruci P, Marsilio F, Martella V, Di Martino B. High prevalence of hepatitis E virus in raw sewage in Southern Italy. Virus Res 2019; 272:197710. [PMID: 31415790 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2019.197710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections constitute a significant health problem worldwide. The burden of hepatitis E in Italy seems low when compared with other European countries. In recent years, improved surveillance activities in Italy have revealed marked geographical differences in HEV epidemiology, with some regions characterised by higher seroprevalence rates. Abruzzo Region (Southern Italy) is currently recognised as a high-risk area for HEV infection. In this study, we investigated the epidemiology of HEV in Teramo Province by monitoring four wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Out of 56 influent sewage specimens collected during 2016-2017, HEV RNA was detected in 13/56 (23.2%) sewage samples from all the four WWTPs. Upon sequence analysis of the partial ORF2 gene, four strains showed the highest nucleotide identity to Gt3 subtype c, being more closely related to other HEVs previously identified in human and animal hosts in Abruzzo. For one strain, sequence data were generated only for a short region of the ORF1 gene, revealing the highest identity to HEVs Gt3 of subtype f. Altogether, the findings of this study confirm that HEV largely circulates in the setting investigated.
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università Aldo Moro di Bari, Valenzano, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Italy.
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Sarchese V, Di Profio F, Melegari I, Palombieri A, Sanchez SB, Arbuatti A, Ciuffetelli M, Marsilio F, Martella V, Di Martino B. Hepatitis E virus in sheep in Italy. Transbound Emerg Dis 2019; 66:1120-1125. [PMID: 30811818 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the leading cause of human enterically transmitted viral hepatitis occurring around the world both as outbreaks and as sporadic cases. The accumulating literature indicates that domestic pigs and wild boars are the main reservoirs of genotype 3 and genotype 4 for human infections in industrialized countries. However, the recent identification of HEV from various animal species poses additional potential concerns for HEV zoonotic infection. In this study, the role of sheep as potential host of hepatitis E virus (HEV) was investigated. By screening 192 sheep from seven farms located in Abruzzo Region (Southern Italy), HEV-specific antibodies were detected in the sera of 41 animals (21.3%) whilst the RNA of HEV, genotype 3, was detected in 20 faecal (10.4%) and three serum samples (1.6%). Upon sequence analyses of a partial ORF2 gene region of eight HEV positive samples, the sheep sequences all grouped together within HEV genotype 3 subtype c, being most closely related to HEV strains identified in goat and wild boar from Abruzzo. This is the first study that demonstrates, serologically and molecularly, the presence of HEV in sheep population in a European country.
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- Vittorio Sarchese
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università Aldo Moro di Bari, Valenzano, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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Romanucci M, Arbuatti A, Massimini M, Defourny SVP, Della Salda L. Ovarian teratoma in an adult female Zoogoneticus tequila (Webb & Miller 1998): histological and immunohistochemical features. J Fish Dis 2017; 40:859-862. [PMID: 27592861 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- M Romanucci
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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Romanucci M, Arbuatti A, Massimini M, Della Salda L. Histopathological Findings in the Central Nervous System of Montezuma Swordtail (Xiphophorus montezumae Jordan & Snyder, 1899) Fry with Early Mortality Associated with Severe Neurological Signs. J Comp Pathol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2016.11.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Romanucci M, Defourny SVP, Massimini M, Valerii V, Arbuatti A, Giordano V, Bongiovanni L, Perrone C, Della Salda L. Unexpected Cardiac Death During Anaesthesia of a Young Rabbit Associated with Fibro-fatty Replacement of the Right Ventricular Myocardium. J Comp Pathol 2016; 156:33-36. [PMID: 27894597 PMCID: PMC7094708 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2016.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2016] [Revised: 10/09/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A 6-month-old female pet rabbit was presented for routine ovariectomy. The pre-anaesthetic evaluation was unremarkable and no anaesthetic complications occurred during the procedure. However, at the end of the surgery, the rabbit suddenly showed acute bradycardia and cardiac death. Necropsy examination revealed marked dilation of the right ventricle, associated with diffuse thinning of the right ventricular free wall. Gross and histopathological findings were suggestive of a congenital dilated cardiomyopathy characterized by fibro-fatty replacement of the right ventricular myocardium. Similar myocardial lesions have not been previously described in rabbits, although they have been documented in myocardial diseases of man, dogs, cats, cattle, horses and chimpanzees.
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- M Romanucci
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Loc. Piano D'Accio S.P. 18, Teramo, Italy.
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Loc. Piano D'Accio S.P. 18, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Loc. Piano D'Accio S.P. 18, Teramo, Italy
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- Ambulatorio Veterinario Alba, Via G. De Benedictis, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Loc. Piano D'Accio S.P. 18, Teramo, Italy
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- Ambulatorio Veterinario Alba, Via G. De Benedictis, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Loc. Piano D'Accio S.P. 18, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Loc. Piano D'Accio S.P. 18, Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Loc. Piano D'Accio S.P. 18, Teramo, Italy
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Arbuatti A, Della Salda L, Romanucci M. Spinal deformities in a wild line of Poecilia wingei bred in captivity: report of cases and review of the literature. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2015; 3:186-90. [PMID: 23620835 DOI: 10.1016/s2221-1691(13)60047-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To describe the occurrence of various spinal deformations in a captive-bred wild line of Poecilia wingei (P. wingei). METHODS Fish belonging to a wild line of P. wingei caught from Laguna de Los Patos, Venezuela, were bred in an aquarium home-breeding system during a period of three years (2006-2009). The spinal curvature was observed to study spinal deformities in P. wingei. RESULTS Out of a total of 600 fish, 22 showed different types of deformities (scoliosis, lordosis, kyphosis), with a higher incidence in females. Growth, swimming and breeding of deformed fish were generally normal. CONCLUSIONS Possible causes for spinal curvature in fish are discussed on the basis of the current literature. While it is not possible to determine the exact cause(s) of spinal deformities observed in the present study, traumatic injuries, nutritional imbalances, genetic defects or a combination of these factors can be supposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of such lesions.
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Arbuatti A, Della Salda L, Romanucci M. Histological observations on conjoined twins occurring among a captive-bred wild line of Poecilia wingei (Poeser, Kempkes & Isbrücker). J Fish Dis 2011; 34:319-321. [PMID: 21382052 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01239.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- A Arbuatti
- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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