Genomic sequence of an infectious bursal disease virus isolate from Zambia: classical attenuated segment B reassortment in nature with existing very virulent segment A

Arch Virol. 2013 Mar;158(3):685-9. doi: 10.1007/s00705-012-1531-4. Epub 2012 Nov 6.

Abstract

We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of an infectious bursal disease (IBD) virus (IBDV) isolate (designated KZC-104) from a confirmed IBD outbreak in Lusaka in 2004. The genome consisted of 3,074 and 2,651 nucleotides in the coding regions of segments A and B, respectively. Alignment of both nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences and phylogenetic analysis revealed that the genome segment A of KZC-104 was derived from a very virulent (VV) strain, whereas its segment B was derived from a classical attenuated strain. On BLAST search, the full-length segment A and B sequences showed 98 % nucleotide sequence identity to the VV strain D6948 and 99.8 % nucleotide sequence identity to the classical attenuated strain D78. This is a unique IBDV reassortant strain that has emerged in nature, involving segment B of a cell-culture-adapted attenuated vaccine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Birnaviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Birnaviridae Infections / virology
  • Chickens*
  • Disease Outbreaks / veterinary
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Infectious bursal disease virus / classification
  • Infectious bursal disease virus / genetics*
  • Infectious bursal disease virus / isolation & purification
  • Infectious bursal disease virus / pathogenicity
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Phylogeny
  • Poultry Diseases / virology*
  • Reassortant Viruses / genetics*
  • Reassortant Viruses / isolation & purification
  • Reassortant Viruses / pathogenicity
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Structural Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Structural Proteins / genetics
  • Zambia

Substances

  • VP1 protein, infectious bursal disease virus
  • VP5 protein, infectious bursal disease virus
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins
  • Viral Structural Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AB368968
  • GENBANK/AB368969