Yunnan orbivirus, a new orbivirus species isolated from Culex tritaeniorhynchus mosquitoes in China.
An orbivirus designated Yunnan orbivirus (YUOV) was isolated from Culex tritaeniorhynchus mosquitoes collected in the Yunnan province of China. Electron microscopy showed particles with typical orbivirus morphology. The YUOV genome was sequenced completely and compared with previously characterized orbivirus genomes. Significant identity scores were detected between proteins encoded by the segments (Seg-1 to Seg-10) of YUOV and those encoded by their homologues in insect-borne and tick-borne orbiviruses. Analysis of VP1 (Pol) and VP2 (T2, which correlates with the virus serogroup) indicated that YUOV is a new species of the genus Orbivirus that is unrelated to the other insect-borne orbiviruses. The replication of YUOV in mosquito cell lines was restricted to Aedes albopictus cells and the virus failed to replicate in mammalian cell lines. However, intraperitoneal injection of virus into naïve mice resulted in productive, non-lethal virus replication and viraemia. Infected mice developed serum neutralizing antibodies and were protected against a new infection challenge. Sequence analysis of clones from the segments encoding outer coat proteins (Seg-3 and Seg-6) of YUOV recovered from mouse blood did not show significant changes in the sequences. The availability of the complete genome sequence will facilitate the development of sequence-specific PCR assays for the study of YUOV epidemiology in the field.
Attoui
Houssam
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Unité des Virus Emergents EA3292/IFR48, Université de la Méditerranée, EFS Alpes-Méditerranée/Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille 13005, France.
Jaafar
Fauziah Mohd
FM
Unité des Virus Emergents EA3292/IFR48, Université de la Méditerranée, EFS Alpes-Méditerranée/Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille 13005, France.
Belhouchet
Mourad
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Unité des Virus Emergents EA3292/IFR48, Université de la Méditerranée, EFS Alpes-Méditerranée/Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille 13005, France.
Aldrovandi
Nicolas
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Unité des Virus Emergents EA3292/IFR48, Université de la Méditerranée, EFS Alpes-Méditerranée/Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille 13005, France.
Tao
Sanju
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Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, China.
Chen
Boquan
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Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, China.
Liang
Guodong
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Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, China.
Tesh
Robert B
RB
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA.
de Micco
Philippe
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Unité des Virus Emergents EA3292/IFR48, Université de la Méditerranée, EFS Alpes-Méditerranée/Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille 13005, France.
de Lamballerie
Xavier
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Maladies Virales Émergentes et Systèmes d'Information UR 034, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille 13005, France.|Unité des Virus Emergents EA3292/IFR48, Université de la Méditerranée, EFS Alpes-Méditerranée/Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille 13005, France.
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002681:China; D003465:Culex / Q000821:virology*; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D018163:Orbivirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010802:Phylogeny; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014766:Viremia; D014779:Virus Replication
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins