Molecular epidemiological analysis of Newcastle disease virus isolated in China in 2005 |
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Authors: | Liu Hualei Wang Zhiliang Wu Yangong Zheng Dongxia Sun Chengying Bi Daorong Zuo Yuanyuan Xu Tiangang |
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Institution: | aNational Reference Laboratory for Newcastle Disease, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Qingdao 266032, China |
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Abstract: | Eighty-three strains of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) were obtained from outbreaks in chickens, pigeons, geese, and ducks in China in 2005 and characterized genotypically. The main functional region of the F gene (535 nucleotides) was amplified and sequenced. A phylogenetic tree based on nucleotides 47–435 of the F gene was created using sequences from 83 isolates and representative NDV sequences obtained from GenBank. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all newly characterized strains belonged to six genetic groups: I, II, III, VIb, VIIc, and VIId. All the isolates belonging to groups I and II (14 total) were lentogenic according to the amino acid sequences of the fusion protein cleavage site, and either V4 or LaSota-type, depending on the vaccines that were used. Most isolates (64 total) were classified in group VIId, a predominant genotype responsible for most Newcastle disease outbreaks since the end of the last century. One strain, NDV05-055, was in group VIIc, three pigeon strains were in group VIb, and one isolate, NDV05-041, was in group III, and characterized as a velogenic strain. This study revealed that genotype VIId was the major NDV strain responsible for the 2005 ND epizoonosis that occurred in China. |
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Keywords: | Newcastle disease virus Phylogenetic analysis Genotype |
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