Natural recombination event within the capsid genomic region leading to a chimeric strain of human enterovirus B

J Virol. 2007 Sep;81(17):8944-52. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00180-07. Epub 2007 May 30.

Abstract

Recombination between two strains is a known phenomenon for enteroviruses replicating within a single cell. We describe a recombinant strain recovered from human stools, typed as coxsackievirus B4 (CV-B4) and CV-B3 after partial sequencing of the VP1 and VP2 coding regions, respectively. The strain was neutralized by a polyclonal CV-B3-specific antiserum but not by a CV-B4-specific antiserum. The nucleotide sequence analysis of the whole structural genomic region showed the occurrence of a recombination event at position 1950 within the VP3 capsid gene, in a region coding for the 2b antigenic site previously described for CV-B3. This observation evidences for the first time the occurrence of an interserotypic recombination within the VP2-VP3-VP1 capsid region between two nonpoliovirus enterovirus strains. The neutralization pattern suggests that the major antigenic site is located within the VP2 protein.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence
  • Capsid Proteins / genetics
  • Coxsackievirus Infections / virology
  • DNA, Viral / chemistry
  • DNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Enterovirus B, Human / classification
  • Enterovirus B, Human / genetics*
  • Enterovirus B, Human / isolation & purification
  • Epitopes / genetics
  • Feces / virology
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neutralization Tests
  • Phylogeny
  • Recombination, Genetic*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Capsid Proteins
  • DNA, Viral
  • Epitopes

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EF371880