title: Characterization and prevalence of a new porcine Calicivirus in Swine, United States.
abstract: Real-time reverse transcription PCR revealed that new St-Valerien-ike porcine caliciviruses are prevalent (2.6%-80%; 23.8% overall) in finisher pigs in North Carolina. One strain, NC-WGP93C, shares 89.3%-89.7% genomic nucleotide identity with Canadian strains. Whether these viruses cause disease in pigs or humans or are of food safety concern requires further investigation.
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, USA. wang.655@osu.edu
authors.forename: Qiuhong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scheuer
authors.forename: Zhenwen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ahang
authors.forename: Wondwoosen A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Gebreyes
authors.forename: Bayleyegn Z
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Molla
authors.forename: Armando E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Hoet
authors.forename: Linda J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Saif
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002139:Caliciviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; D012367:RNA, Viral