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ABSTRACT: Background
Human enterovirus 85 (HEV85), whose prototype strain (Strain BAN00-10353/BAN/2000) was isolated in Bangladesh in 2000, is a recently identified serotype within the human enterovirus B (HEV-B) species. At present, only one nucleotide sequence of HEV85 (the complete genome sequence of the prototype strain) is available in the GenBank database.Principal findings
In this study, we report the genetic characteristics of 33 HEV85 isolates that circulated in the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region of China in 2011. Sequence analysis revealed that all these Chinese HEV85 isolates belong to 2 transmission chains, and intertypic recombination was found with the new unknown serotype HEV-B donor sequences. Two HEV85 isolates recovered from a patient presenting acute flaccid paralysis and one of his contacts were temperature-insensitive strains, and some nucleotide substitutions in the non-coding regions and in the 2C or 3D coding regions may have affected the temperature sensitivity of HEV85 strains.Conclusions
The Chinese HEV85 recombinant described in this study trapped a new unknown serotype HEV-B donor sequence, indicating that new unknown HEV-B serotypes exist or circulate in Xinjiang of China. Our study also indicated that HEV85 is a prevalent and common enterovirus serotype in Xinjiang.
SUBMITTER: Sun Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3561255 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Qiang Q Zhang Yong Y Zhu Shuangli S Tian Huifang H Huang Guohong G Cui Hui H Li Xiaolei X Yan Dongmei D Zhu Zhen Z Li Jing J Zheng Peng P Jiang Huafang H Zhang Bo B Tan Xiaojuan X Zhu Hui H An Hongqiu H Xu Wenbo W
PloS one 20130131 1
<h4>Background</h4>Human enterovirus 85 (HEV85), whose prototype strain (Strain BAN00-10353/BAN/2000) was isolated in Bangladesh in 2000, is a recently identified serotype within the human enterovirus B (HEV-B) species. At present, only one nucleotide sequence of HEV85 (the complete genome sequence of the prototype strain) is available in the GenBank database.<h4>Principal findings</h4>In this study, we report the genetic characteristics of 33 HEV85 isolates that circulated in the Xinjiang Uighu ...[more]