Identification and characterization of novel porcine astroviruses (PAstVs) with high prevalence and frequent co-infection of individual pigs with multiple PAstV types.

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Many astrovirus (AstV) species are associated with enteric disease, although extraintestinal manifestations in mammalian and avian hosts have also been described. In this study, the prevalence rates of porcine AstV types 1-5 (PAstV1-PAstV5) were investigated using faecal samples from 509 pigs of which 488 (95.9%) came from farms with a history of diarrhoea. All of the five known PAstV types were found to...

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