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Genetic diversity of porcine Norovirus and Sapovirus: Canada, 2005-2007.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2009
L'Homme Yvan, Sansregret Raphaël, Plante-Fortier Etienne, Lamontagne Anne-Marie, Lacroix Geneviève, Ouardani Mourad, Deschamps Jonathan, Simard Geneviève, Simard Carole
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Noroviruses and sapoviruses are members of the family Caliciviridae and emerging enteric pathogens of humans and animals. Since their discovery and characterization in swine, relatively few strains have been described in detail. In order to investigate their genetic diversity, a total of 266 fecal samples collected in the province of Quebec, Canada, between 2005 and 2007 were screened for the presence of...
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