Detection and sequence analysis of Danish and Swedish strains of mink astrovirus.
The sequences of mink astroviruses collected from 11 farms in Denmark and Sweden were analyzed and found to be homologous with one another but different from those of other astroviruses. A species-specific reverse transcriptase-PCR for mink astrovirus was established and shown to be suitable for the analysis of clinical samples.
Mittelholzer
Christian
C
Department of Virology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden. christian.mittelholzer@imr.no
Englund
Lena
L
Hedlund
Kjell-Olof
KO
Dietz
Hans-Henrik
HH
Svensson
Lennart
L
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D003718:Denmark; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D001257:Mamastrovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008907:Mink / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013548:Sweden
D017931:DNA Primers; D012367:RNA, Viral