Molecular detection of canine bufaviruses in wild canids.
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SUBMITTER: Melegari I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7086671 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
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Molecular detection of canine bufaviruses in wild canids.
Melegari Irene I Di Profio Federica F Palombieri Andrea A Sarchese Vittorio V Diakoudi Georgia G Robetto Serena S Orusa Riccardo R Marsilio Fulvio F Bányai Kristián K Martella Vito V Di Martino Barbara B
Archives of virology 20190606 9
Novel protoparvoviruses genetically related to human and non-human primate bufaviruses (BuVs) have been detected recently in respiratory and enteric specimens collected from dogs and cats. In this study, by molecular screening of archival collections of faecal samples from wolves and foxes, we detected BuVs with a rate of 17.1% (7/41) and 10.5% (9/86), respectively. Sequence analysis of a portion of the ORF2 gene region of nine positive samples showed that the viruses in these samples were close ...[more]
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