title: Genetic and antigenic characterization of an atypical pestivirus isolate, a putative member of a novel pestivirus species.
abstract: The genus Pestivirus within the family Flaviviridae currently consists of four different main species: Classical swine fever virus, Bovine viral diarrhea virus types 1 and 2 and Border disease virus. A fifth tentative species is represented by an isolate from a giraffe. In this study, a completely new pestivirus, isolated from a batch of fetal calf serum that was collected in Brazil, is described. It is proposed that the isolate D32/00_'HoBi' may constitute a novel sixth pestivirus species, because it is genetically, as well as antigenically, markedly different from all other pestiviruses. Based on the entire N(pro)- and E2-encoding sequences, identities of <70 % to all other pestivirus species were determined. Similarly, cross-neutralization and binding studies using antisera and mAbs revealed marked antigenic differences between D32/00_'HoBi' and all other pestiviruses.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Boddenblick 5a, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
authors.forename: Horst
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schirrmeier
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Boddenblick 5a, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strebelow
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Boddenblick 5a, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Depner
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Boddenblick 5a, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Boddenblick 5a, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beer
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions / Q000737:chemistry; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010576:Pestivirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions