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A novel feline norovirus in diarrheic cats.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2016
Di Martino Barbara, Di Profio Federica, Melegari Irene, Sarchese Vittorio, Cafiero Maria Assunta, Robetto Serena, Aste Giovanni, Lanave Gianvito, Marsilio Fulvio, Martella Vito
Abstract excerpt
By screening a collection of fecal samples from young cats housed in three different shelters in South Italy, noroviruses (NoVs) were found in 3/48 (6.2%) specimens of animals with enteritis signs while they were not detected in samples collected from healthy cats (0/57). Upon sequence analysis of the short RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) region, the three strains displayed the highest nucleotide (nt) and...
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