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Detection and characterization of porcine caliciviruses in Italy.
Archives of virology - 1 Sept 2014
Di Bartolo Ilaria, Tofani Silvia, Angeloni Giorgia, Ponterio Eleonora, Ostanello Fabio, Ruggeri Franco Maria
Abstract excerpt
Porcine noroviruses and sapoviruses have been sporadically reported in European countries, and more rarely in Italy. In this study, stools samples were collected from both asymptomatic and diarrheic pigs from northern Italy and were screened for caliciviruses by RT-PCR. Sapoviruses were detected frequently and were genetically related to both the GIII reference strain and the newly described porcine sapovirus...
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