title: Porcine kobuvirus in wild boars (Sus scrofa).
abstract: Fecal samples (N = 10) from 6- to 8-week-old wild boar piglets (Sus scrofa), collected from an animal park in Hungary in April 2011, were analyzed using viral metagenomics and complete genome sequencing. Kobuvirus (genus Kobuvirus, family Picornaviridae) was detected in all (100 %) specimens, with the closest nucleotide (89 %) and amino acid (94 %) sequence identity of the strain wild boar/WB1-HUN/2011/HUN (JX177612) to the prototype porcine kobuvirus S-1-HUN (EU787450). This study suggests that genetically highly similar (practically the same geno-/serotype) porcine kobuvirus circulate in wild boars, the wildlife counterparts of domestic pigs. Wild boars could be an important host and reservoir for kobuvirus.
authors.affiliation: Regional Laboratory of Virology, National Reference Laboratory of Gastroenteric Viruses, ÁNTSZ Regional Institute of State Public Health Service, Szabadság út 7., 7623, Pécs, Hungary. reuter.gabor@ddr.antsz.hu
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nemes
authors.forename: Akos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boros
authors.forename: Beatrix
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kapusinszky
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delwart
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pankovics
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D052699:Kobuvirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000821:virology*