title: Genetic diversity of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in the Romanian wild boar population.
abstract: In this study, we have analyzed 23 PCV2 ORF2 sequences recovered from wild boar population in Romania. The PCV2 sequences were originated from different geographical regions in Romania, and collected between 2008 and 2009 during the classical swine fever virus (CSFV) surveillance campaign. Complete open reading frame 2 (ORF2) nucleotide sequences were obtained and compared with sequences mainly from European and Asian isolates. The Romanian sequences were identified as belonging to previously described clusters 2a and 2b, with high degree of heterogeneity (PCV2 ORF2 nucleotide homology ranged between 90.1% and 100%). Interestingly, for cluster 2a, the majority of the sequences (8 from a total number of 9) clustered mainly with the Asian isolates (especially China, but also India and South Korea), with three exceptions from Europe previously reported in Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.
authors: Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health, Dr. Staicovici No. 63, District 5, 050557 Bucharest, Romania. Turcitu.Mihai@idah.ro
authors: Mihai A
authors: MA
authors: Turcitu
authors: Gerard J
authors: GJ
authors: Wellenberg
authors: Gheorghe
authors: G
authors: Barboi
authors: Mario D
authors: MD
authors: Codreanu
authors: Vlad B
authors: VB
authors: Vuta
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Nicolae
authors: Florica
authors: F
authors: Barbuceanu
authors: Handan
authors: H
authors: Coste
authors: Raluca
authors: R
authors: Cioranu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018173:Circoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D017925:Circovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D034421:Sus scrofa
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral