Coronaviruses are causing severe respiratory and enteric diseases in humans and animals. Here, we report an outbreak of equine coronavirus disease in adult horses, detected by a voluntary syndromic surveillance scheme for equine diseases in Switzerland. This scheme allowed a rapid concerted action to diagnose and contain the disease.
Keywords: colitis; enteritis; equine coronavirus; high-throughput sequencing; horses; infectious disease; syndromic surveillance.
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