Izquierdo-Lara R.¹, Calderón-Mayo K.¹, Chumbe-Mendoza A.¹ , Montesinos-Millán R.¹, Montalván-Avalos A.¹, Gonzales-Zariquiey A.², Icochea-D’Arrigo E.², Fernández-Díaz M.¹.
¹FARVET, Research and Development Laboratories, Ica, Peru. ²Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, School of Veterinary Medicine, San Borja, Lima, Peru

ABSTRACT

Fowl Aviadenoviruses (FAdVs) are the causative agents of the inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) and have been grouped into five species in A to E 12 serotypes. The objective of this work was to characterize a circulating FAdV strain (FV211-16) in Peru by phylogenetic analysis. This virus was isolated from livers of chickens infected after a recent outbreak. The sequence analysis show that the FV211-16 (43,976 nucleotides) has a gene organization similar to that of FAdV-E and together   with serotype 8b strains were included in a cluster. This is the first complete genome sequence of a FAdV circulating in South America.

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