title: Molecular detection of bovine kobuviruses in Italy.
abstract: Faecal samples obtained from either asymptomatic or diarrhoeic calves in Italy were screened for bovine kobuviruses (BKVs) using specific primers. BKV RNA was detected in 4.9 % of the samples, with higher positivity rates in diarrhoeic calves (5.3 %) than in asymptomatic animals (4.8 %), although the difference was not statistically significant. Upon sequence analysis, all of the Italian viruses formed a tight group along with BKV-like sequences previously detected in Thailand and Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Scienze Biomediche Comparate, University of Teramo, Piazza Aldo Moro, 45, 64100 Teramo, Italy. bdimartino@unite.it
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Di Martino
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Profio
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Di Felice
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ceci
authors.forename: Maria Gabriella
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pistilli
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marsilio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D004751:Enteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D052699:Kobuvirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology