First detection of equine coronavirus (ECoV) in Europe.
Equine coronavirus (ECoV) is involved mainly in enteric infections. Following the recent description of ECoV in 2000, this study reports for the first time the presence of ECoV in France and, on a wider scale, in Europe. ECoV was molecularly detected from diarrheic and respiratory specimens. Sequencing and phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that European strains are most closely related to the reference North American strain (ECoV-NC99) than the Asian strain (ECoV-Tokachi09).
Normandie Univ, France; UNICAEN, EA4655, U2RM, F-14032 Caen, France; Department of Virology, University Hospital, F-14033 Caen, France; Frank Duncombe Laboratory-LABEO, F-14053 Caen, France. Electronic address: miszczak-f@chu-caen.fr.
Fabien
F
Miszczak
Normandie Univ, France; UNICAEN, EA4655, U2RM, F-14032 Caen, France; Department of Virology, University Hospital, F-14033 Caen, France.
Vincent
V
Tesson
Normandie Univ, France; UNICAEN, EA4655, U2RM, F-14032 Caen, France; Department of Virology, University Hospital, F-14033 Caen, France.
Nathalie
N
Kin
Normandie Univ, France; UNICAEN, EA4655, U2RM, F-14032 Caen, France; Department of Virology, University Hospital, F-14033 Caen, France.
Julia
J
Dina
Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Udeni B R
UB
Balasuriya
Normandie Univ, France; UNICAEN, EA4655, U2RM, F-14032 Caen, France; Frank Duncombe Laboratory-LABEO, F-14053 Caen, France.
Stéphane
S
Pronost
Normandie Univ, France; UNICAEN, EA4655, U2RM, F-14032 Caen, France; Department of Virology, University Hospital, F-14033 Caen, France.
Astrid
A
Vabret
D000818:Animals; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005060:Europe; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny
ECoV; Enteric and respiratory disease; Horses; Molecular identification; Phylogenetic analysis; Viruses