Open AccessISOLATION OF AN OPHIDIAN PARAMYXOVIRUS (OPMV) IN A CAPTIVE RATTLESNAKE (Crotalus durissus terrificus) FROM BOTUCATU, SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL
Author(s) -
M. F. Nogueira,
T. H. Barrella,
R. J. Da Silva,
C. A. Lopes,
João Pessoa Araújo Júnior
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the journal of venomous animals and toxins/the journal of venomous animals and toxins
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1678-4936
pISSN - 0104-7930
DOI - 10.1590/s0104-79302002000100013
Subject(s) - biology , virology , isolation (microbiology) , virus isolation , crotalus , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , venom , ecology
This study reports the isolation of an Ophidian Paramyxovirus (OPMV) in sputum of a captive rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus) kept in a serpentarium located in Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and nested-PCR were performed for the identification of the isolated virus