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SUBMITTER: Decaro N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2620906 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Decaro Nicola N Mari Viviana V Campolo Marco M Lorusso Alessio A Camero Michele M Elia Gabriella G Martella Vito V Cordioli Paolo P Enjuanes Luis L Buonavoglia Canio C
Journal of virology 20081126 3
Four canine coronavirus type II (CCoV-II) strains were identified in the guts and internal organs of pups which had died of acute gastroenteritis. The CCoV-II strains were strictly related to porcine transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) in the N-terminal domain of the spike protein, whereas in the other parts of the genome, a higher genetic relatedness to recent CCoV-II isolates was observed. Experimental infection of dogs with a TGEV-like isolate induced mild gastroenteritis without any s ...[more]