Abstract
A simple and practical method was developed for pestivirus genotyping based on analysis of the secondary structures in the 5′-untranslated region (UTR). Three stable stem-loop structures, V1, V2 and V3, predicted by computer in the 5′-UTR, included strictly conserved consensus base-pairings which are shared by all the genotypes of pestivirus or are characteristic to each genotype of pestivirus. On the basis of the palindromic nucleotide substitution at the secondary structural level, six genotypes have been identified among pestivirus strains, irrespective of the cytopathic and non-cytopathic biotypes. They are genotypes Ia, Ib, Ic and II in bovine viral diarrhea virus, genotype III in border disease virus, and genotype IV in classical swine fever virus. The stable stem-loop structures, which were maintained by palindromic nucleotide substitutions in the stem region, may represent references for the classification and identification of pestivirus species and/or genotypes.
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