title: Seroprevalence of St-Valerien-like caliciviruses in Italian swine.
abstract: St-Valérien-like viruses are newly recognized porcine caliciviruses recently detected in North America and Europe. In this study, baculovirus-expressed virus-like particles of the St-Valérien strain 25A/ITA were generated and used for the development of an antibody-detection ELISA kit to assess the seroprevalence of these novel caliciviruses in swine. Antibodies specific for St-Valérien-like virus were detected in 63 (10.3 %) of 614 serum samples tested with titres ranging from 1 : 50 (28.6 %) to 1 : 800 (40.7 %). These results indicate that St-Valérien-like infections are common among domestic pigs, italy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Scienze Biomediche Comparate, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Di Martino
authors.affiliation: Department of Scienze Biomediche Comparate, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Profio
authors.affiliation: Department of Scienze Biomediche Comparate, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ceci
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Animal Sciences, University of Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martella
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna (IZSLER), Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavazza
authors.affiliation: Azienda USL di Reggio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Ivano
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Massirio
authors.affiliation: Department of Scienze Biomediche Comparate, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marsilio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D002139:Caliciviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000276:immunology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral