Evaluation of in vitro growth and pathogenicity in mice of intra-genotype chimeric strains of genotype IV Japanese encephalitis virus
摘要
Two recombinant intra-genotype chimeric genotype IV Japanese encephalitis virus (GIV JEV) strains with the 5’ non-coding and C-prM-E regions (5NCME) of the Vietnamese strain VN113 or the Australian strain sw-22-00722-11.Qld (sw-22) were produced using the Indonesian strain 19CxBa-83-Cv as a backbone. The three strains exhibited similar plaque morphology and growth rate in Vero cells. The virus with sw-22 5NCME was less neuroinvasive than 19CxBa-83-Cv, but the virulence of the virus with VN113 5NCME was similar to that of 19CxBa-83-Cv. Thus, our results suggest that the pathogenicity of sw-22 might be lower than that of the other two GIV JEV isolates.