High prevalence of porcine Hokovirus in German wild boar populations

Virol J. 2010 Jul 25:7:171. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-171.

Abstract

Porcine Hokovirus (PHoV) was recently discovered in Hong Kong. This new Parvovirus of pigs is closely related to the human Parvoviruses 4 and 5 (PARV4/5) and bovine Hokovirus (BHoV). So far, nothing is known about the presence and prevalence of PHoV in regions of the world other than Hong Kong. A study was initiated to investigate PHoV in German wild boars from five different geographical regions, using a newly established quantitative real-time PCR assay. Analysis of collected liver and serum samples revealed high overall prevalence (32.7%; 51/156) of PHoV in wild boars. The prevalence differed between the regions and increased with age. Two near full-length genomes and a large fragment for three additional isolates from different regions were sequenced and used for phylogenetic analysis. The German PHoV sequences from wild boars showed a close relationship with sequences of isolates from Hong Kong.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Parvoviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Parvoviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / virology
  • Parvovirinae / classification
  • Parvovirinae / genetics
  • Parvovirinae / isolation & purification*
  • Phylogeny
  • Prevalence
  • Sus scrofa
  • Swine Diseases / epidemiology
  • Swine Diseases / virology*