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Infection of farmed pigs with porcine kobuviruses in Italy

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Two-hundred eight swine fecal samples from six Italian farms were tested using a kobuvirus-specific RT-PCR with primers that amplify a region within the 3D gene. All farms were kobuvirus positive, with prevalence rates ranging between 24 % and 84 %. Overall, 57.5 % of asymptomatic pigs and 49.7 % of animals with diarrhea were positive for kobuvirus. Sequence analysis showed a different predominant strain circulating on each farm and indicated that the strains detected were related to both European and Asiatic strains. A possible pathogenic role of kobuvirus should be investigated further, since infections with this virus occur frequently in pigs of different ages.

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We gratefully acknowledge Dr. Gabor Reuter for his suggestions. The research leading to these results has received partial funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration under Grant Agreement no. 278433-PREDEMICS.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Ilaria Di Bartolo, Giorgia Angeloni, Silvia Tofani, Marina Monini & Franco Maria Ruggeri

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Di Bartolo, I., Angeloni, G., Tofani, S. et al. Infection of farmed pigs with porcine kobuviruses in Italy. Arch Virol 160, 1533–1536 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-015-2397-z

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