title: Complete genome sequence of a porcine epidemic diarrhea virus variant.
abstract: In 2011, outbreaks of viral diarrhea were observed on most swine-breeding farms in most of the provinces of China. The disease is characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and a high mortality rate (82.3%) in newborn piglets. The clinical appearance was similar to that of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) infection. PEDVs were detected in samples (feces or small intestines) from most farms. In order to investigate whether there is a PEDV variant circulating in China, we sequenced and analyzed the complete genome of the recently identified field strain, CH/FJND-3/2011. The sequence data indicate that this PEDV variant prevails in China.
authors.affiliation: Division of Swine Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Harbin, People’s Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jianfei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaozhen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Da
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Hongyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D053485:Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000821:virology*