title: Sequence analysis of the full-length cloned DNA of a chicken anaemia virus (CAV) strain from Bangladesh: evidence for genetic grouping of CAV strains based on the deduced VP1 amino acid sequences.
abstract: Chicken anaemia virus (CAV) was detected in the bursa of Fabricius of a 4-week-old chicken obtained from an outbreak of acute infectious bursal disease in Bangladesh. Repeated attempts to grow this virus in MDCC-MSB1 cells were not successful. A full-length PCR amplicon of the genome of this strain, designated as BD-3 CAV, was cloned and sequenced. The complete nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence were compared with those of 12 other CAV strains. The genetic analysis of the amino acid sequences of VP1 indicated the possible existence of genetic groups among CAV strains, as BD-3 CAV along with four other strains (CIA-1, L-028, Isolate 704 and TR-20) formed a distinct lineage. These strains have four signatory amino acids in VP1, such as 75I/T, 97L, 139Q and 144Q, out of which the latter two are located in a small hydrophilic peak.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Johne
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raue
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Todd
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D017727:Chicken anemia virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002645:Chickens; D018173:Circoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral