Molecular detection of porcine kobuviruses in Italian swine

Federica Di Profio; Chiara Ceci; Elisabetta Di Felice; Fulvio Marsilio; Barbara Di Martino

doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.06.020

Molecular detection of porcine kobuviruses in Italian swine

Res Vet Sci. 2013 Oct;95(2):782-5. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.06.020. Epub 2013 Jul 18.

Authors

Federica Di Profio¹, Chiara Ceci, Elisabetta Di Felice, Fulvio Marsilio, Barbara Di Martino

Affiliation

¹ Department of Scienze Biomediche Comparate, University of Teramo, Piazza Aldo Moro 45, 64100 Teramo, Italy.

PMID: 23871420
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.06.020

Abstract

In this study, fecal specimens (n=260) collected from Italian healthy pigs aged between 6 and 10 months were screened by RT-PCR using generic kobuvirus primers. Porcine kobuviruses (PKVs) were detected in 3.85% of the samples tested. Based on the analysis of the partial 3D gene, the Italian sequences identified here were more closely related to PKVs previously identified in Japan, Thailand, Korea, China and Brazil than to the European PKVs recently detected in Hungary and in the Netherlands.

Keywords: Adult asymptomatic animals; Kobuviruses; Pigs.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Italy / epidemiology
Kobuvirus / genetics
Kobuvirus / isolation & purification*
Phylogeny
Picornaviridae Infections / epidemiology
Picornaviridae Infections / veterinary*
Picornaviridae Infections / virology
Swine
Swine Diseases / epidemiology
Swine Diseases / virology*