Noroviruses and sapoviruses in pigs in Belgium.
Porcine noroviruses and sapoviruses belong to the family Caliciviridae and are rarely reported in European countries. In this study, swine stools from a region representative of northern Europe were screened for these viruses by RT-PCR. Both porcine noroviruses and sapoviruses were detected, showing their circulation in this region. The porcine norovirus strains were genetically related to genotype 19 strains in the genogroup II of the genus Norovirus. The porcine sapovirus strains were genetically related to the porcine enteric calicivirus Cowden reference strain and to newly described porcine strains in the genus Sapovirus.
Mauroy
Axel
A
Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Scipioni
Alexandra
A
Mathijs
Elisabeth
E
Miry
Cora
C
Ziant
Dominique
D
Thys
Christine
C
Thiry
Etienne
E
D000818:Animals; D001530:Belgium; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D029341:Sapovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000821:virology*
D012367:RNA, Viral