Genetic characterization of porcine kobuvirus and detection of coinfecting pathogens in diarrheic pigs in Jiangsu Province, China

Arch Virol. 2014 Dec;159(12):3407-12. doi: 10.1007/s00705-014-2204-2. Epub 2014 Aug 14.

Abstract

In this study, 396 samples from diarrheic pigs on 46 pig farms in Jiangsu Province, China, were analyzed by RT-PCR. One-hundred eighty-one pigs from 37 farms tested positive for porcine kobuvirus (PKV). Phylogenetic analysis of the 3D gene from 19 isolates showed sequence homology of 88.0 %-100 % and 69.4 %-100 % for nucleotides and amino acids, respectively, while similarity to isolates of other kobuviruses was 69.6 %-78.8 % and 27.8 %-56.9 %, respectively. One-hundred eighty-five samples contained two or more pathogens, and 31/68 PKV-positive samples tested positive for other diarrheic pathogens, confirming the existence of PKV infection and coinfection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • China
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Diarrhea / veterinary*
  • Diarrhea / virology
  • Kobuvirus / classification
  • Kobuvirus / genetics*
  • Kobuvirus / isolation & purification*
  • Phylogeny
  • Picornaviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Picornaviridae Infections / virology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / virology*
  • Viral Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Viral Proteins