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New serotypes of porcine teschovirus identified in Shanghai, China.
Archives of virology - 1 Mar 2015
Sun Huan, Gao Han, Chen Molin, Lan Daoliang, Hua Xiuguo, Wang Chunyan, Yuan Congli, Yang Zhibiao, Cui Li
Abstract excerpt
Teschoviruses are widely endemic and commonly found in pig fecal samples. In this study, we collected fecal specimens from various pig herds and genotyped them based on the VP1 gene. Of 322 samples, 276 were positive, giving a PTV infectivity rate of 85.7 %. PTV4 was the most common serotype found in Shanghai, followed by PTV8 and PTV10. Interestingly, Some Shanghai strains belonging to a new PTV serotype were...
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