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Analysis of Genomic Characteristics of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus GX1001 and GX1002 Strains Isolated in Guangxi Province

LIN Chang-hua1, SHI Kai-chuang2, TAO Chun-ai3, ZHONG Cheng1, MO Sheng-lan2, LI Gang3   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005,China;
    2. Guangxi Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning 530001,China;
    3. Institute of Animal Sciences,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,China
  • Received:2012-08-31 Online:2013-04-20 Published:2013-04-19

Abstract: To investigate the genomic characteristics of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), the full-length genome of PRRSV GX1001 and GX1002 strains from Guangxi province were amplified by RT-PCR, sequenced and analyzed. The sequence data showed that, excluding the poly (A) tail, the genomic sequences of GX1001 and GX1002 were 15329 and 15318 bp in length, respectively. Full-length sequence analysis revealed that GX1001 and GX1002 shared 99.3% nucleotide identity with each other, 84.9% to 99.5% nucleotide identity with representative North American (NA) type isolates, 61.5% to 61.9% nucleotide identity with representative European (EU) type isolates, respectively. Full-length sequence comparisons demonstrated that GX1001 and GX1002 had discontinuous 30 aa deletion in 481th aa and 533th to 561th aa of NSP2 region compared with that of the NA prototype VR-2332, which was considered as the genetic marker of highly pathogenic PRRSV(HP-PRRSV), and had new multiple genomic variations such as mutation, deletion and insertion distributing in different regions. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all the NA type isolates could be divided into four subgroups, and GX1001 and GX1002 belonged to subgroup 4 represented by the highly pathogenic JXA1 strain. The results indicated that GX1001 and GX1002 strains from Guangxi province belonged to HP-PRRSV with new characteristic variations in different regions. This study provided valuable genomic data for further surveillance of HP-PRRSV.

Key words: porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus; highly pathogenic isolate; genomic characteristics; variation analysis

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