Sequence comparison of the L2 and S10 genes of bluetongue viruses from the United States and the People's Republic of China

K R Bonneau; N Zhang; J Zhu; F Zhang; Z Li; K Zhang; L Xiao; W Xiang; N J MacLachlan

doi:10.1016/s0168-1702(99)00034-9

Sequence comparison of the L2 and S10 genes of bluetongue viruses from the United States and the People's Republic of China

Virus Res. 1999 Jun;61(2):153-60. doi: 10.1016/s0168-1702(99)00034-9.

Authors

K R Bonneau¹, N Zhang, J Zhu, F Zhang, Z Li, K Zhang, L Xiao, W Xiang, N J MacLachlan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.

PMID: 10475085
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(99)00034-9

Abstract

Bluetongue virus (BTV) infection of ruminants is endemic throughout much of the US and China. The S10 and a portion of the L2 gene segments of Chinese prototype strains of BTV serotypes 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 15, and 16 were sequenced and compared to the same genes of prototype and field strains of BTV from the US. Phylogenetic analysis of the S10 gene segregated the Chinese viruses into a monophyletic group distinct from the US viruses, whereas similar analysis of the L2 gene segregated strains of BTV according to serotype, regardless of geographic origin.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Bluetongue virus / classification*
Bluetongue virus / genetics*
China
Genes, Viral*
Phylogeny*
Sequence Analysis
United States