Fowl adenovirus 5 genomes

Fowl adenoviruses (FAdVs) are infectious agents mainly of chickens, causing economic losses to the poultry industry. Only a single serotype, namely FAdV-5, constitutes the species Fowl aviade-novirus B (FAdV-B) but recently, phylogenetic analyses identified divergent strains of the species implicating a more complex scenario and possibly a novel serotype. Therefore, field isolates of the species were collected to investigate the contemporary diversification within FAdV-B.