Epidemiological and molecular analysis of circulating fowl adenoviruses and emerging of serotypes 1, 3, and 8b in Egypt
Amany Adel, Ahmed Mohammed, Mahmoud Samir, Naglaa M. Hagag, Ahmed M. Erfan, Mahmoud Said, Abd El Satar Arafa, Wafaa Hassan, Mohamed E. El Zowalaty, Momtaz A. Shahien
Abstract
gene revealed variables specific to each virus serotype. In silico predictions of L1 region revealed variations in the molecular structure and predicted the antigenic epitopes which may affect the cross-antigenicity between the different FAdV species and serotypes.
Topics & Concepts
Hypervariable regionSerotypeBiologyVirologyAntigenicityMolecular epidemiologyGizzardEpitopeGenotypeGeneGeneticsAntibodyPaleontologyVirus-based gene therapy researchViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in InsectsPoxvirus research and outbreaks