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Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of Aleutian mink disease virus isolates in north-east China

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Aleutian mink disease is the most important disease in the mink-farming industry worldwide. So far, few large-scale molecular epidemiological studies of AMDV, based on the NS1 and VP2 genes, have been conducted in China. Here, eight new Chinese isolates of AMDV from three provinces in north-east China were analyzed to clarify the molecular epidemiology of AMDV. The seroprevalence of AMDV in north-east China was 41.8% according to counterimmuno-electrophoresis. Genetic variation analysis of the eight isolates showed significant non-synonymous substitutions in the NS1 and VP2 genes, especially in the NS1 gene. All eight isolates included the caspase-recognition sequence NS1:285 (DQTD↓S), but not the caspase recognition sequence NS1:227 (INTD↓S). The LN1 and LN2 strains had a new 10-amino-acid deletion in-between amino acids 28–37, while the JL3 strain had a one-amino-acid deletion at position 28 in the VP2 protein, compared with the AMDV-G strain. Phylogenetic analysis based on most of NS1 (1755 bp) and complete VP2 showed that the AMDV genotypes did not cluster according to their pathogenicity or geographic origin. Local and imported ADMV species are all prevalent in mink-farming populations in the north-east of China. This is the first study to report the molecular epidemiology of AMDV in north-east China based on most of NS1 and the complete VP2, and further provides information about polyG deletions and new variations in the amino acid sequences of NS1 and VP2 proteins. This report is a good foundation for further study of AMDV in China.

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This work was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31272565).

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    Xue Leng, Jianming Li, Kun Shi, Fanli Zeng, Ying Zong, Yi Liu, Zhibo Sun, Shanshan Zhang, Yadong Liu & Rui Du

  2. College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin, 132101, People’s Republic of China

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Leng, X., Liu, D., Li, J. et al. Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of Aleutian mink disease virus isolates in north-east China. Arch Virol 163, 1241–1251 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-3754-5

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