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Observation of high recombination occurrence of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus in field condition.

ABSTRACT: Recombination in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) is a well-documented phenomenon. A high recombination frequency has been reported in experimental conditions both in vitro and in vivo, and its role in driving viral evolution has been postulated by several authors. However field evidences are rare, mainly obtained from large-scale sampling and typically represented by single sequences rather than by groups of circulating "recombinant progenies". The present work was aimed to investigate the gray area between experimental studies and large-scale epidemiological investigations. The study was performed on ORF5, ORF7 and concatenated sequences obtained in our laboratory or available in GenBank collected between 2009 and 2012 in northern Italy. Six independent recombinant strains out of 66 concatenated sequences (?9%) were found, demonstrating a high recombination frequency respect to previous field studies but comparable to in vitro experiments. In silico analysis let speculate that this new strain displayed physicochemical features diverse enough to potentially alter its immunological properties. Taken altogether, the results of our study support previous experimental evidences that depict PRRSV to be extremely prone to recombination. The limited temporal and geographical spread of recombinant strains however states in favor of a limited fitness of the recombinant progeny compared to parental strains and the marginal role of this phenomenon in PRRSV evolution.

SUBMITTER: Franzo G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7127771 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Observation of high recombination occurrence of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus in field condition.

Franzo Giovanni G Cecchinato Mattia M Martini Marco M Ceglie Letizia L Gigli Alessandra A Drigo Michele M

Virus research 20140821

Recombination in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) is a well-documented phenomenon. A high recombination frequency has been reported in experimental conditions both in vitro and in vivo, and its role in driving viral evolution has been postulated by several authors. However field evidences are rare, mainly obtained from large-scale sampling and typically represented by single sequences rather than by groups of circulating "recombinant progenies". The present work was ai ...[more]

PMID: 25150757

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Observation of high recombination occurrence of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus in field condition.

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Observation of high recombination occurrence of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus in field condition.

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