Molecular detection of kobuviruses in European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Italy

Arch Virol. 2015 Aug;160(8):2083-6. doi: 10.1007/s00705-015-2464-5. Epub 2015 May 30.

Abstract

Kobuvirus RNA was found in 6.6 % (13/198) of stool specimens from roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) captured during the regular hunting season. Upon sequence analysis of a fragment of the 3D gene, nine strains displayed the highest nucleotide sequence identity (91.2-97.4 %) to bovine kobuviruses previously detected in either diarrhoeic or asymptomatic calves. Interestingly, four strains were genetically related to the newly discovered caprine kobuviruses (84.2-87.6 % nucleotide identity) identified in black goats in Korea.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Deer / virology*
  • Disease Reservoirs / virology
  • Italy
  • Kobuvirus / classification
  • Kobuvirus / genetics*
  • Kobuvirus / isolation & purification*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny