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Genome Sequence of Canine Adenovirus Type 1 Isolated from a Wolf (Canis lupus) in Southern Italy.

ABSTRACT: Canine adenovirus type 1 (CAdV-1), a DNA virus of the family Adenoviridae, causes infectious canine hepatitis, a highly contagious disease primarily affecting canids. In this report, we describe the isolation and whole-genome sequence of a CAdV-1 isolate from the liver of a free-ranging wolf (Canis lupus).

SUBMITTER: Pizzurro F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5399267 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

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Genome Sequence of Canine Adenovirus Type 1 Isolated from a Wolf (Canis lupus) in Southern Italy.

Pizzurro Federica F Marcacci Maurilia M Zaccaria Guendalina G Orsini Massimiliano M Cito Francesca F Rosamilia Alfonso A Di Renzo Ludovica L Malatesta Daniela D Di Sabatino Daria D Lorusso Alessio A

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Canine adenovirus type 1 (CAdV-1), a DNA virus of the family Adenoviridae, causes infectious canine hepatitis, a highly contagious disease primarily affecting canids. In this report, we describe the isolation and whole-genome sequence of a CAdV-1 isolate from the liver of a free-ranging wolf (Canis lupus). ...[more]

PMID: 28428308

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