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New variants of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus with large deletions in the spike protein, identified in the United States, 2016-2017.
Archives of virology - 1 Sept 2018
Su Yunfang, Hou Yixuan, Prarat Melanie, Zhang Yan, Wang Qiuhong
Abstract excerpt
Four types of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) variants with a large deletion in the spike protein were detected, together with the original US PEDV, from pig fecal and oral fluid samples collected during 2016-2017 in the US. Two of the variants are similar to those identified in Japan: one contains a 194-aa deletion, the same as PEDV variant TTR-2/JPN/2014, while the other contains a 204-aa deletion, the...
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