title: Phylogenetic analysis of classical swine fever virus (CSFV) field isolates from outbreaks in South and Central America.
abstract: To date, there is little information concerning the epidemiological situation of classical swine fever (CSF) in the Americas. Besides summarizing the available data, genotyping of isolates from outbreaks in domestic pigs in several countries of South and Central America was performed. For this, a 190 base fragment of the E2 envelope glycoprotein gene was used. European strains and isolates, and historical isolates from the United States (US) were included for comparison. In contrast to the situation in most parts of Europe, where group 2 isolates predominate, it was found that all the isolates from the American continent analyzed belonged to group 1 and were further resolved into three subgroups. The Cuban isolates clustered in subgroup 1.2, whereas the isolates from Honduras and Guatemala clustered in subgroup 1.3. The remaining isolates from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico generated four poorly resolved clusters in subgroup 1.1, together with the vaccine strains, with historical European and US isolates, and with a recent Russian isolate. While the vaccine strains and the historical European isolates formed a relatively distinct cluster, one of the US isolates clustered together with the Mexican, and another one with Colombian isolates. Historically, CSF (hog cholera) was observed almost simultaneously in the US and in Europe in the first half of the 19th century, and its origin remains a matter of discussion. Our results showed that the US isolates are closely related to isolates from South America, while appearance of isolates in Cuba on one hand and in Honduras and Guatemala on the other hand, seems to have been due to unrelated events. This allows to speculate that at least in the American continent, CSF virus may have appeared independently in several regions, and spreading may have been a secondary effect.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Biotecnologia, CICVyA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, CC25, Castelar 1712, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pereda
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Greiser-Wilke
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rincon
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mogollon
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Sabogal
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lora
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sanguinetti
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Piccone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002489:Central America / Q000453:epidemiology; D006691:Classical Swine Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006692:Classical Swine Fever Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005838:Genotype; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013020:South America / Q000453:epidemiology; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000821:virology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C087086:glycoprotein E2, classical swine fever virus