Astrovirus in White-Tailed Deer, United States, 2018

Abstract

We report the identification of astrovirus WI65268 in a white-tailed deer with respiratory disease in the United States in 2018. This virus is a recombinant of Kagoshima1-7 and Kagoshima2-3-2 (both bovine astroviruses from Japan) and was characterized as a potential new genotype. Further surveillance of deer might help identify related isolates.

Keywords

• white-tailed deer
• astrovirus
• respiratory diseases
• viruses
• United States
• ORF1a