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Phylogenetic analysis of avian infectious bronchitis virus S1 glycoprotein regions reveals emergence of a new genotype in Moroccan broiler chicken flocks

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Title
Phylogenetic analysis of avian infectious bronchitis virus S1 glycoprotein regions reveals emergence of a new genotype in Moroccan broiler chicken flocks
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Virology Journal, August 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12985-015-0347-8
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Siham Fellahi, Mehdi EL Harrak, Mariette Ducatez, Chafiqa Loutfi, Saad Ibn Souda Koraichi, Jens H. Kuhn, Slimane Khayi, Mohammed EL Houadfi, My Mustapha Ennaji

Abstract

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), a major pathogen of commercial poultry flocks, circulates in the form of several serotypes/genotypes. Only a few amino-acid changes in the S1 subunit of wild-type IBVS proteins may result in mutants unaffected by current vaccines. Partial S1 gene sequences of 3 IBV isolates of the Moroccan Italy 02 genotype from vaccinated and unvaccinated broiler chicken flocks, located in southern and central regions of Morocco, were amplified by RT-PCR, sequenced, and aligned for phylogenetic and amino-acid similarity analyses. The three isolates were found genetically highly distant from known avian IBV based on partial sequences of their S1 genes: gammaCoV/chicken/Morocco/I01/2011(IBV/Morocco/01), gammaCoV/chicken/Morocco/I30/2010 (IBV/Morocco/30), and gammaCoV/chicken/Morocco/I38/2013 (IBV/Morocco/38), nucleotide sequence identities reached 89.5 % to 90.9 % among the three isolates. The deduced protein sequence identities ranged from 29.7 % (between IBV/Morocco/38 and Egypt SCU-14/2013-1) to 78.2 % (between IBV/Morocco/01 and Spain/05/866). Amino acid sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis indicated the emergence of a new Moroccan genotype, clustering with regionally related isolates from Spain (Spain/05/866) and belonging to a new sub-genotype. Our sequencing results demonstrate a co-circulation of wild-type infectious bronchitis viruses in broiler chickens. These results justify permanent monitoring of circulating strains in order to rationally modify vaccination strategies to make them appropriate to the evolving field situation.

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Unknown 53 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 19%
Student > Master 8 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 11%
Student > Bachelor 6 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 8%
Other 11 21%
Unknown 8 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 17 32%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 6%
Computer Science 2 4%
Other 4 8%
Unknown 11 21%
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