Emergence of a Nephropathogenic Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus with a Novel Genotype in India

• Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 916 - 918
• Main Authors: Bayry, Jagadeesh, Goudar, Mallikarjun S, Nighot, Prashant K, Kshirsagar, Supriya G, Ladman, Brian S, Gelb, Jack, Ghalsasi, Govind R, Kolte, Gopal N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.02.2005
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Chickens; Clinical Veterinary Microbiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - veterinary; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - veterinary; Coronavirus Infections - virology; Disease Outbreaks; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genotype; India - epidemiology; Infectious bronchitis virus - classification; Infectious bronchitis virus - genetics; Infectious bronchitis virus - isolation & purification; Infectious bronchitis virus - pathogenicity; Infectious diseases; Kidney - virology; Medical sciences; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Poultry Diseases - epidemiology; Poultry Diseases - virology; Virology; Asia; India; Virus; Coronavirus; Microbiology; Emerging disease; Genotype; Avian infectious bronchitis virus; Coronaviridae; Veterinary; Nidovirales
• ISSN: 0095-1137; 1098-660X
• DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.916-918.2005

We describe the emergence of a nephropathogenic avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) with a novel genotype in India. The Indian IBV isolate exhibited a relatively high degree of sequence divergence with reference strains. The highest homology was observed with strain 6/82 (68%) and the least homology with strain Mex/1765/99 (34.3%).