title: Outbreak of canine norovirus infection in young dogs.
abstract: An outbreak of norovirus (NoV) infection was identified in a kennel. Sequence analysis of a short fragment in the polymerase complex indicated the clonal origin of the strains, which were similar to the prototype canine NoV strain GIV.2/Bari/170/07-4/ITA (94.7% nucleotide identity). The findings demonstrate that canine NoV circulates in dogs in Greece and that it can spread easily across a group of animals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, Faculty of Animal Science and Aquaculture, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece. vasilisntafis@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Vasileios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ntafis
authors.forename: Eftychia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Xylouri
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radogna
authors.forename: Canio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buonavoglia
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martella
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D004285:Dogs / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D006115:Greece; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D029322:Norovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral