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Heterogeneity in membrane protein genes of porcine epidemic diarrhea viruses isolated in China.
Virus genes - 1 Aug 2012
Fan Jing-Hui, Zuo Yu-Zhu, Li Jian-Hui, Pei Li-Hua
Abstract excerpt
Since late 2010, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has been re-emerging in immunized swine herds with devastating impact in the Hebei province of China. Seven prevailing strains of PEDV were isolated from fecal samples out of piglets suffering from severe diarrhea. The M gene of the seven PEDV isolates encompasses an open reading frame of 681 nucleotides, encoding a protein of 226 amino acids. The seven PEDV...
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