title: Enteric disease in dogs naturally infected by a novel canine astrovirus.
abstract: Infection by a novel canine astrovirus was associated with gastroenteritis in two dogs. The virus displayed 70.3 to 73.9% amino acid identity to other canine astroviruses in the full-length capsid. Specific antibodies were detected in the convalescent-phase sera of the dogs, indicating seroconversion. Also, the virus appeared weakly related antigenically to the prototype canine astrovirus isolate ITA/2008/Bari.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sanita` Pubblica e Zootecnia, Universita` degli Studi Aldo Moro di Bari, Italy. v.martella@veterinaria.uniba.it.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martella
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moschidou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catella
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Larocca
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Losurdo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corrente
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lorusso
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bànyai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Decaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavazza
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buonavoglia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D019350:Astroviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D001257:Mamastrovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D012367:RNA, Viral