Short Report J Mol Genet Med (December 2009), 3(2), 210-216 doi: jmgm Published online: 30 November 2009 Full Text: (html | pdf ~296kb | refs) Genetic variance of Derzsy’s disease strains isolated in Poland Grzegorz Woźniakowski*, Wojciech Kozdruń and Elżbieta Samorek-Salamonowicz Department of Poultry Viral Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, Al Partyzantów 57, 24-100 Puławy, Poland *Correspondence to: Grzegorz Woźniakowski, Email: grzegorz.wozniakowski@piwet.pulawy.pl, Tel: +48 81 8893032, Fax: +48 81 8862595 Received: 17 August 2009, Revised: 29 October 2009, Accepted: 03 November 2009 © Copyright The Authors ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT The aim of this study was the assessment of the genetic variance of Derzy’s disease (GPV) strains isolated from cases occurring in Poland. The nucleotide and predicted aminoacid sequences of VP2 and VP3 surface proteins of the Polish GPV strains were compared with other strains previously isolated in Hungary, France, Germany, China and Taiwan. The observed genetic variance of the aminoacid sequence within the group of Polish strains was low and reached 5% of the overall analysed sequence. Considerable differences in aminoacid sequence were found in the case of Polish field GPV strains and Muscovy duck parvovirus strain MDPV FM which was also analysed in this study. The conducted investigations confirmed the presupposition that Polish GPV strains and strains previously isolated in Hungary and France share a common origin. Keyswords: Derzsy’s disease, goose parvovirus, Muscovy duck parvovirus, genetic variance, phylogenetic analysis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Privacy | Disclaimer |