Viruses (May 2022)

Molecular Analysis of Caprine Enterovirus Circulating in China during 2016–2021: Evolutionary Significance

  • Xiaoran Chang,
  • Qian Lin,
  • Qun Zhang,
  • Junying Hu,
  • Gulbahar Tursun,
  • Yingrui Deng,
  • Chunguang Guo,
  • Xinping Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/v14051051
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 5
p. 1051

Abstract

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Here, we report the characterization of 13 novel caprine/ovine enterovirus strains isolated from different regions in China during 2016–2021. Immunoperoxidase monolayer assay showed that these viral strains shared strong cross-reaction with the previously reported caprine enterovirus CEV-JL14. Alignment analysis of the complete nucleotide sequences revealed 79.2%–87.8% and 75.0%–76.7% sequence identity of these novel caprine enterovirus strains to CEV-JL14 and TB4-OEV, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses clustered these novel strains to EV-G based on the amino acid sequences of P1 and 2C+3CD. Moreover, phylogenetic analysis of these caprine enterovirus strains identified three new EV-G types using VP1 sequences. These results demonstrate the genetic variations and the evolution of caprine enterovirus.

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