Abstract
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is prevalent in Pakistan causing enormous economic losses. To date no clear data are available on circulating genotypes and phylogeographic spread of the virus. Hence current study assessed these parameters for all available IBV Pakistani isolates, based on the 9 new sequences, with respect to other Asian and non-Asian countries. Results indicated that all Pakistani isolates belonged to genotype I (GI), with more than half of them (16/27) belonging to the GI-24 lineage, against which no vaccine is available. Three possible introduction events of the GI-13 IBV lineage into Pakistan, based on the estimated IBV population using isolates from this study, were observed possibly from Afghanistan, China, and/or Egypt. These events were further analyzed on the S1 amino acid level which showed unique alterations (S250H, T270K, and Q298S) in 1 isolate (IBV4, GI-13) when compared to GI-1 lineage. Both GI-1 and GI-13 Pakistani strains showed close homology with homologous vaccine strains that are used in Pakistan. For GI-24 strains, none of the used vaccines showed substantial homology, necessitating the need for further exploration of this lineage and vaccine design. In addition, our findings highlight the importance of genomic surveillance to support phylogeographical studies on IBV in genotyping and molecular epidemiology.
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