title: Molecular characterization of an infectious bronchitis virus strain isolated from an outbreak in vaccinated layers.
abstract: An infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) strain CT/7852/97 was isolated from a commercial layer flock experiencing decreased egg production and poor egg quality. Reciprocal virus neutralization test demonstrated that the isolate was closely related to Massachusetts, Arkansas, and JMK. With the use of both reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism and multiplex polymerase chain reaction methods, results consistently showed that CT/7852/97 isolate was Massachusetts serotype specific only. The nucleotide sequence of S1 polypeptide coding region of CT/7852/97 was determined and compared with the published sequences of 12 IBV strains from North America. The highest nucleotide homology with H120 (97%) and the least homology (62%) with Delaware (De/072/92) were observed. Massachusetts 41 and Beaudette shared 94% and 93%, respectively, nucleotide similarity with CT/7852/97, and Connecticut, JMK, and Arkansas 99 had 94%, 83%, and 78%, respectively, nucleotide similarity with CT/7852/97. Furthermore, no possible recombination site on S1 gene among Massachusetts 41, Arkansas 99, and JMK was detected in the isolate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-3089, USA.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D002645:Chickens; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D001351:Infectious bronchitis virus / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; C031728:sigma 1 protein, reovirus