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Cell culture isolation and sequence analysis of genetically diverse US porcine epidemic diarrhea virus strains including a novel strain with a large deletion in the spike gene.
Veterinary microbiology - 10 Oct 2014
Oka Tomoichiro, Saif Linda J, Marthaler Douglas, Esseili Malak A, Meulia Tea, Lin Chun-Ming, Vlasova Anastasia N, Jung Kwonil, Zhang Yan, Wang Qiuhong
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The highly contagious and deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) first appeared in the US in April 2013. Since then the virus has spread rapidly nationwide and to Canada and Mexico causing high mortality among nursing piglets and significant economic losses. Currently there are no efficacious preventive measures or therapeutic tools to control PEDV in the US. The isolation of PEDV in cell culture is the...
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