title: Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome in China.
abstract: Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is an economically important viral disease for the pig industry worldwide. This disease has brought great losses to the Chinese pig production in recent years, particularly following the emergence of the highly pathogenic PRRS virus (PRRSV), and has become an intractable problem for the development of pig industry in China. This paper will review the history of PRRS, the epidemic of atypical PRRS caused by the highly pathogenic virus, and the molecular characteristics of the Chinese highly pathogenic PRRSV, and the development of vaccines against PRRS in China, as well as current control status and perspective of PRRS in China.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, PR China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hanchun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019318:Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D019316:Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013552:Swine; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines