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SUBMITTER: Annamalai T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6389210 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annamalai Thavamathi T Lin Chun-Ming CM Gao Xiang X Liu Xinsheng X Lu Zhongyan Z Saif Linda J LJ Wang Qiuhong Q
Veterinary research 20171006 1
We investigated cross-protective immunity of a US spike-insertion deletion porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) Iowa106 (S-INDEL) strain against the original US PEDV (PC21A) strain in nursing piglets. Piglets were inoculated orally with S-INDEL, PC21A or mock. At 20-29 days post-inoculation (dpi), all pigs were challenged with the PC21A strain. The S-INDEL-inoculated pigs had lower ileal IgA antibody secreting cells, serum IgA and neutralizing antibody titers compared with PC21A-inoculated pig ...[more]