Article
Molecular epidemiology of canine parvovirus type 2 in Italy from 1994 to 2017: recurrence of the CPV-2b variant.
BMC veterinary research - 4 Nov 2019
Battilani Mara, Modugno Francesco, Mira Francesco, Purpari Giuseppa, Di Bella Santina, Guercio Annalisa, Balboni Andrea
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) is the most important enteric virus infecting canids. It is a rapidly evolving virus; after its emergence in the 1970s, new antigenic variants (called CPV-2a, 2b and 2c) emerged and replaced the original antigenic type. The three antigenic variants are globally distributed with different frequencies and levels of genetic variability. This study focused on VP2 gene...
Topics
- Animals
- Dog Diseases
- Dogs
- Genetic Variation
- Italy
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Parvoviridae Infections
- Parvovirus, Canine
- Phylogeny
