J Bacteriol Virol.  2009 Dec;39(4):383-393. 10.4167/jbv.2009.39.4.383.

Characterization of Lentogenic Newcastle Disease Virus Isolated in Jeju, Korea during 2007~2008 Surveillance

• Lee EK
• Jeon WJ
• Kim JW
• Park MJ
• Moon SH
• Lee SH
• Kwon JH
• Choi KS

• KMID: 2168550
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4167/jbv.2009.39.4.383

Abstract

To expand the epidemiological understanding of Newcastle disease in Jeju Province, Korea, active surveillance was extensively performed through a virological examination for poultry farms and wild birds in Jeju Province during 2007~2008. Samples (swabs or fresh feces) were collected from a total of 6,485 birds including 6,405 domestic birds (chickens, ducks, pheasants, geese, quails, turkeys, and ostriches) and 80 wild birds. A total of 24 hemagglutinating agents were isolated from domestic birds on fourteen farms including five Korean native chicken, one layer chicken, two broiler chicken, four duck and two pheasant farms. The hemagglutinating agents were all identified as lentogenic NDV based on the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, sequence analysis of amino acids on the F cleavage site and mean death time in chicken embryos. The F gene-based phylogenetic analysis revealed that the NDV isolates were classified into genotypes 1 or 2 of class II. These lentogenic viruses were closely related to NDV vaccine strains used in Jeju Province. Active surveillance conducted for Newcastle disease indicates no scientific evidence of virulent NDV infection in chickens in Jeju Province, Korea since 2005.

Keyword

Newcastle disease; Surveillance; Lentogenic NDV; Jeju Province

MeSH Terms

Amino Acids
Animals
Birds
Chickens
Ducks
Embryonic Structures
Geese
Genotype
Korea
Newcastle Disease
Newcastle disease virus
Poultry
Quail
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Analysis
Turkeys
Amino Acids

Figure

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  Figure 1. Geographical distribution of poultry farms where NDV was isolated during 2007~2008. ○, NDV positive farms during first NDV surveillance (2007. 11~2008. 1); •, NDV positive farms during second NDV surveillance (2008. 1~2008. 11)

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  Figure 2. Phylogenetic analysis of NDV isolates based on the first 389 nucleotides of the coding region of the F gene. Sequences of reference strains were taken from the GenBank database. The accession numbers of reference strains were included in parenthesis. NDV isolates in bold represent NDV isolated in Jeju Province, Korea during 2007~2008 surveillance.

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