Enteric disease in dogs naturally infected by a novel canine astrovirus.
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SUBMITTER: Martella V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3295184 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
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Enteric disease in dogs naturally infected by a novel canine astrovirus.
Martella V V Moschidou P P Catella C C Larocca V V Pinto P P Losurdo M M Corrente M M Lorusso E E Bànyai K K Decaro N N Lavazza A A Buonavoglia C C
Journal of clinical microbiology 20111221 3
Infection by a novel canine astrovirus was associated with gastroenteritis in two dogs. The virus displayed 70.3 to 73.9% amino acid identity to other canine astroviruses in the full-length capsid. Specific antibodies were detected in the convalescent-phase sera of the dogs, indicating seroconversion. Also, the virus appeared weakly related antigenically to the prototype canine astrovirus isolate ITA/2008/Bari. ...[more]
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