Molecular and seroepidemiological evidence of canine calicivirus infections in Japan.
Calicivirus infection of dogs was epidemiologically investigated by using canine calicivirus (CaCV) strain 48 as a reference. Similar RNA polymerase gene sequences and neutralizing antibodies against CaCV were detected in 1.7% of clinical specimens and 57% of serum samples, respectively, suggesting a high prevalence of CaCV in dog populations.
Mochizuki
Masami
M
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporation, 1-12-4 Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073, Japan. msmmchzk@mb.infoweb.ne.jp
Hashimoto
Michiru
M
Roerink
Frank
F
Tohya
Yukinobu
Y
Matsuura
Yuichi
Y
Sasaki
Nobuo
N
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002139:Caliciviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000235:genetics; D004285:Dogs; D005814:Genes, Viral; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases