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SUBMITTER: Decaro N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7165763 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Decaro N N Martella V V Desario C C Bellacicco A L AL Camero M M Manna L L d'Aloja D D Buonavoglia C C
Journal of veterinary medicine. B, Infectious diseases and veterinary public health 20061201 10
Canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2), the aetiological agent of haemorrhagic enteritis in dogs, includes three antigenic variants, types 2a, 2b and 2c. CPV-2c has been detected initially in Italy and subsequently in Vietnam. We report the first identification of this novel antigenic variant in Spain, where it caused an outbreak of fatal enteritis in basset hound pups in association with canine coronavirus type I and type II. We suggest that this new antigenic variant of CPV-2 could spread throughout ...[more]