Abstract Background: Adenoviruses (AdVs) are common infectious agents of different
vertebrates worldwide. The members of the family Adenoviridae are currently classified into
five genera, of which Mastadenovirus and Aviadenovirus contain the usually stenoxen
pathogens of mammals and birds, respectively. Members of the other two genera,
Atadenovirus and Siadenovirus, seem to be euryxen and capable of infecting
representatives of several distant taxa of vertebrates, both of them including birds. The …