NDLI: Field evaluation of a gag/env heteroduplex mobility assay for genetic subtyping of small-ruminant lentiviruses.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Germain, Karine Croise, Benoit Valas, Stephen
Description	Country affiliation: France Author Affiliation: Germain K ( Agence Française de Securite Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA), Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches Caprines, Niort, France.)
Abstract	Small-ruminant lentiviruses (SRLVs) display a high genetic diversity and are currently classified into five genotypes and an increasing number of subtypes. The co-circulation of subtypes in restricted geographical regions, combined with the occurrence of cross-species infection, suggests the need for development of a large-scale screening methodology for rapid monitoring of the prevalence of the various genetic subtypes and their genetic evolution. Here, a heteroduplex mobility assay (HMA) was developed for the rapid identification of group B subtypes. The assay was validated for both the p14 nucleocapsid-coding region of the gag gene and the V1-V2 region of the env gene using a panel of reference standards and was applied to the genetic subtyping of SRLV field isolates from five mixed flocks in France. Subtyping of 75 blood samples using the env HMA revealed a preferential distribution of subtypes B1 and B2 in sheep and goats, despite direct evidence for interspecies transmission of both subtypes. Adding the gag HMA to the env HMA provided evidence for dual infection and putative recombination between subtypes B1 and B2 in five goats, and between groups A and B in one sheep. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 100 % (23/23) and 96.7 % (30/31) of samples were correctly classified using the gag and env HMAs, respectively. These results indicate that dual infection and recombination may be a significant source of new variation in SRLV and provide a useful tool for the rapid genetic subtyping of SRLV isolates, which could be relevant for the development of more accurate diagnosis of prevalent SRLV strains in different countries.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	00221317
Issue Number	Pt 8
Volume Number	89
e-ISSN	14652099
Journal	Journal of General Virology
Language	English
Publisher	Microbiology Society
Publisher Date	2008-08-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't Goats Sheep Diseases Molecular Sequence Data Gene Products, Gag Phylogeny Journal Article Goat Diseases Genetic Variation Recombination, Genetic Classification Genetics Lentivirus Infections Amino Acid Sequence Discipline Virology Nucleocapsid Gene Products, Env Heteroduplex Analysis Lentivirus Sequence Analysis, Dna Virology Chemistry Animals Sheep Veterinary Methods
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Virology

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