ISOLATION AND MOLECULAR DETECTION OF TURKEYPOX VIRUS FROM TURKEY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

Turkey rearing is getting popularity day by day in Bangladesh. Turkeypox is an important viral disease of turkey with great economic importance. In this study, turkeypox virus was isolated from a clinical case in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Virus isolation was carried out through serial passage of viral inoculum into developing chicken embryo through chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) route. The virus isolate was confirmed by PCR targeting pox virus P4b gene. This is the first report of the isolation and PCR based molecular detection of turkeypox virus from a clinical case in Bangladesh.