Molecular and biological characteristics of the infectious bronchitis virus TC07-2/GVI-1 lineage isolated in China.

ABSTRACT: In the present study, a thorough comparison of the infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) TC07-2/GVI-1 linage was conducted by comparing the S1 gene sequences of GVI-1 viruses with those of viruses representing the established genotypes and lineages. IBV GVI-1 strains were found to be closely genetically related to each other, irrespective of where the viruses were isolated, and differed from other known IBV genotypes and lineages; thus, it was confirmed that GVI represents a novel genotype. However, the GVI-1 viruses exhibited variable antigenicity when compared to each other. Further analysis found that strains CO8089L and CO8091L, which were isolated in Colombia in 2003, were closely related to GVI-1 viruses, suggesting that GVI-1 viruses likely originated from Colombia and are prevalent in

SUBMITTER: Ren M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7185777 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature