Rebecca L. Poulson Denys Muzyka Haruko Ogawa Kunitoshi Imai Vuong Nghia Bui Jeffrey S. Hall Mary Pantin-Jackwood David E. Stallknecht Andrew M. Ramey Andrew B. Reeves 2016 <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Avian paramyxovirus serotype 4 (APMV-4) is a single stranded RNA virus that has most often been isolated from waterfowl. Limited information has been reported regarding the prevalence, pathogenicity, and genetic diversity of AMPV-4. To assess the intercontinental dispersal of this viral agent, we sequenced the fusion gene of 58 APMV-4 isolates collected in the United States, Japan and the Ukraine and compared them to all available sequences on GenBank. With only a single exception the phylogenetic clades of APMV-4 sequences were monophyletic with respect to their continents of origin (North America, Asia and Europe). Thus, we detected limited evidence for recent intercontinental dispersal of APMV-4 in this study.</span></p> application/pdf 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.02.031 en Elsevier Science Limited evidence of intercontinental dispersal of avian paramyxovirus serotype 4 by migratory birds article