Research Article Molecular Characterization of Chicken Anemia Virus Circulating in Chicken Flocks in Egypt

Copyright © 2014 Mohammed AboElkhair et al.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative CommonsAttribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in anymedium, provided the originalwork is properly cited. Introduction. Although many previous studies reported detection of chicken anemia virus (CAV) in Egypt since 1990, genomic characterization of this circulating CAV has not been published. In the present study, four nucleotide sequences of detected CAV were genetically characterized.Methods.These nucleotide sequences were obtained from commercial chicken flocks in two different locations of Egypt during 2010.The target region for sequencing was 675 bp nucleotide of partial coding region of VP1 protein.The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the detectedCAVwere aligned and compared toworldwideCAV isolates includin