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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Newcastle disease virus in Madagascar: Identification of an original genotype possibly deriving from a died out ancestor of genotype IV
PLoS ONE, Volume 5, No. 11, Article e13987, Year 2010
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In Madagascar, Newcastle disease (ND) has become enzootic after the first documented epizootics in 1946, with recurrent annual outbreaks causing mortality up to 40%. Four ND viruses recently isolated in Madagascar were genotypically and pathotypically characterised. By phylogenetic inference based on the F and HN genes, and also full-genome sequence analyses, the NDV Malagasy isolates form a cluster distant enough to constitute a new genotype hereby proposed as genotype XI. This new genotype is presumably deriving from an ancestor close to genotype IV introduced in the island probably more than 50 years ago. Our data show also that all the previously described neutralising epitopes are conserved between Malagasy and vaccine strains. However, the potential implication in vaccination failures of specific amino acid substitutions predominantly found on surface-exposed epitopes of F and HN proteins is discussed.© 2010 Maminiaina et al.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Maminiaina, Olivier Fridolin
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Fofifa-drzv
Gil, Patricia
France, Montferrier-sur-lez
Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes Astre
Briand, François Xavier
France, Ploufragan
Vipac Unit
Albina, Emmanuel
France, Montferrier-sur-lez
Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes Astre
Keita, Djénéba
France, Montferrier-sur-lez
Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes Astre
Andriamanivo, Harena Rasamoelina
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Fofifa-drzv
Chevalier, Véronique
France, Paris
Cirad
Lancelot, Renaud
France, Montferrier-sur-lez
Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes Astre
Martinez, Dominique
France, Montferrier-sur-lez
Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes Astre
Rakotondravao, René
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Fofifa-drzv
Rajaonarison, Jean Joseph
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Université D'antananarivo
Koko, M.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Université D'antananarivo
Andriantsimahavandy, A.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Université D'antananarivo
Jestin, Véronique
France, Ploufragan
Vipac Unit
de Almeida, Renata Servan
France, Montferrier-sur-lez
Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes Astre
Statistics
Citations: 71
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0013987
e-ISSN:
19326203
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Madagascar