Volume 29, Number 9—September 2023
Research Letter
Partial Genome Characterization of Novel Parapoxvirus in Horse, Finland
Jenni Virtanen
, Maria Hautaniemi, Lara Dutra, Ilya Plyusnin, Katja Hautala, Teemu Smura, Olli Vapalahti, Tarja Sironen, Ravi Kant, and Paula M. Kinnunen
, Maria Hautaniemi, Lara Dutra, Ilya Plyusnin, Katja Hautala, Teemu Smura, Olli Vapalahti, Tarja Sironen, Ravi Kant, and Paula M. Kinnunen
Table
Nucleotide identity comparison between the PPV isolate F14.1158H and other PPVs and Molluscum contagiosum virus in 4 selected core genes based on DNA extracted directly from a skin lesion of an infected horse in Finland, 2013*
| Core gene and virus | % Identity |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molluscum contagiosum (MC515) | Grey sealpox | Red deerpox | Bovine papular stomatitis (AR02) | Orf (UPM/HSN-20) | Orf (NZ2) | Pseudo-cowpox (F00.120R) | Pseudo-cowpox (VR634) | |
| DNA polymerase (ORF025) | ||||||||
| Grey sealpox | 62 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Red deerpox | 68 | 79 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bovine papular stomatitis (AR02) | 68 | 79 | 86 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Orf (UPM/HSN-20) | 69 | 79 | 87 | 87 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Orf (NZ2) | 69 | 79 | 87 | 87 | 99 | NA | NA | NA |
| Pseudocowpox (F00.120R) | 69 | 79 | 87 | 87 | 94 | 94 | NA | NA |
| Pseudocowpox (VR634) | 70 | 80 | 88 | 88 | 95 | 95 | 98 | NA |
| F14.1558H |
69 |
74 |
81 |
81 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
83 |
| Early transcription factor (ORF083) | ||||||||
| Grey sealpox | 65 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Red deerpox | 73 | 80 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bovine papular stomatitis (AR02) | 74 | 80 | 90 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Orf (UPM/HSN-20) | 73 | 79 | 88 | 89 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Orf (NZ2) | 73 | 79 | 88 | 89 | 99 | NA | NA | NA |
| Pseudocowpox (F00.120R) | 74 | 80 | 90 | 91 | 95 | 95 | NA | NA |
| Pseudocowpox (VR634) | 74 | 80 | 90 | 91 | 95 | 95 | 98 | NA |
| F14.1558H |
74 |
78 |
87 |
87 |
86 |
86 |
87 |
87 |
| RNA polymerase (ORF101) | ||||||||
| Grey sealpox | 73 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Red deerpox | 79 | 84 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bovine papular stomatitis (AR02) | 80 | 85 | 93 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Orf (UPM/HSN-20) | 80 | 86 | 93 | 93 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Orf (NZ2) | 80 | 86 | 93 | 93 | 100 | NA | NA | NA |
| Pseudocowpox (F00.120R) | 80 | 86 | 92 | 94 | 97 | 97 | NA | NA |
| Pseudocowpox (VR634) | 80 | 86 | 93 | 94 | 98 | 98 | 98 | NA |
| F14.1558H |
80 |
84 |
89 |
91 |
91 |
91 |
91 |
91 |
| Topoisomerase 1 (ORF062) | ||||||||
| Grey sealpox | 62 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Red deerpox | 68 | 79 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bovine papular stomatitis (AR02) | 68 | 79 | 86 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Orf (UPM/HSN-20) | 69 | 79 | 87 | 87 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Orf (NZ2) | 69 | 79 | 87 | 87 | 99 | NA | NA | NA |
| Pseudocowpox (F00.120R) | 69 | 79 | 87 | 87 | 94 | 94 | NA | NA |
| Pseudocowpox (VR634) | 70 | 80 | 88 | 88 | 95 | 95 | 98 | NA |
| F14.1558H | 69 | 74 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 83 |
*Findings indicate that F14.1158H represents a novel PPV, designated equine PPV. NA, not applicable; ORF, open reading frame; PPV, parapoxvirus.
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