A New Threat Emerges: The First Detection of GVIII Genotype IBV in China and the Urgent Need for Molecular Surveillance
In 2025, an infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) strain of the GVIII genotype was identified and isolated from a poultry farm in Hebei Province, China, representing the first documented detection of this IBV genotype within the country to date. Nucleotide homology analysis revealed that the S1 gene of this isolate shares...