Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Strain of Infectious Bronchitis Virus, Isolated from Chickens in China in 2016

Ting-Ting Li; Jin-Yan Li; Tao Huang; Xing-Yi Ge

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01277-17

Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Strain of Infectious Bronchitis Virus, Isolated from Chickens in China in 2016

Genome Announc. 2017 Nov 9;5(45):e01277-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01277-17.

Authors

Ting-Ting Li¹, Jin-Yan Li², Tao Huang¹, Xing-Yi Ge³

Affiliations

¹ Hubei Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Wuhan, China.
² College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
³ College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, China xyge@hnu.edu.cn.

Abstract

An avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) was detected from trachea swabs of chickens in Hubei province, China, in 2016. The complete genome of the IBV strain, CK/CH/HB/2016, was characterized and analyzed to better understand IBV epidemiology in China.