Characterization and pathogenicity of a novel variant infectious bursal disease virus in China.

ABSTRACT: Infectious bursal disease (IBD) is a highly epidemic and immunosuppressive disease of 3- to 6-week-old chicks caused by infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). Since 2017, there has been a notable increase in the isolation rates of novel variant IBDV strains in China, of which characteristic amino acid residues were different from those of early antigen variants. In this study, one IBDV strain was isolated from a farm with suspected IBD outbreak in Shandong Province, China, which was designated LY21/2. The strain LY21/2 could replicate in MC38 cells with previous culture adaption in SPF chick embryos. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that LY21/2 formed one branch with novel variant IBDVs and shared 96.8-98.6% nucleotide sequence identity with them. Moreover, LY21/2 serving as the major paren

SUBMITTER: Huang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10064860 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature