Outbreak of canine norovirus infection in young dogs.

ABSTRACT: An outbreak of norovirus (NoV) infection was identified in a kennel. Sequence analysis of a short fragment in the polymerase complex indicated the clonal origin of the strains, which were similar to the prototype canine NoV strain GIV.2/Bari/170/07-4/ITA (94.7% nucleotide identity). The findings demonstrate that canine NoV circulates in dogs in Greece and that it can spread easily across a group of animals.

SUBMITTER: Ntafis V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2897520 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature