Publikationsdatenbank

Detection of Avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus type QX infection in Switzerland (2012)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Sigrist, Brigitte

Tobler, Kurt

Schybli, Martina

Konrad, Leonie

Stöckli, René

Cattoli, Giovanni

Lüschow, Dörte (WE 15)

Hafez, Hafez M (WE 15)

Britton, Paul

Hoop, Richard K

Vögtlin, Andrea

Quelle

Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians

Bandzählung: 24

Heftzählung: 6

Seiten: 1180 – 1183

ISSN: 1040-6387

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): http://edocs.fu-berlin.de/docs/receive/FUDOCS_document_000000020298

DOI: 10.1177/1040638712463692

Pubmed: 23051829

Kontakt

Nutztierklinik: Abteilung Geflügel

Königsweg 63
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62676
gefluegelkrankheiten@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Infectious bronchitis, a disease of chickens caused by Avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), leads to severe economic losses for the poultry industry worldwide. Various attempts to control the virus based on vaccination strategies are performed. However, due to the emergence of novel genotypes, an effective control of the virus is hindered. In 1996, a novel viral genotype named IBV-QX was reported for the first time in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. The first appearance of an IBV-QX isolate in Europe was reported between 2003 and 2004 in The Netherlands. Subsequently, infections with this genotype were found in several other European countries such as France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Slovenia, and Sweden. The present report describes the use of a new set of degenerate primers that amplify a 636-bp fragment within the S1 gene by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to detect the occurrence of IBV-QX infection in Switzerland.