Next?generation sequencing of five new avian paramyxoviruses 8isolates from Kazakhstan indicates a low genetic evolution rateover four decades

Abstract Five avian paramyxoviruses of serotype 8(APMV-8) were isolated during a study monitoring wildbirds in Kazakhstan in 2013 and each was further characterized.The viruses were isolated from three White-frontedgeese (Anser albifrons), one Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus),and one Little stint (Calidris minuta). Before our study,only two complete APMV-8 sequences had been reportedworldwide since their discovery in the USA and Japan inthe 1970s. We report the complete genome sequences of thenewly detected viruses and analyze the genetic evolution ofthe APMV-8 viruses over four decades