title: Occurrence of different Canine distemper virus lineages in Italian dogs.
abstract: This study describes the sequence analysis of the H gene of 7 Canine distemper virus (CDV) strains identified in dogs in Italy between years 2002-2012. The phylogenetic analysis showed that the CDV strains belonged to 2 clusters: 6 viruses were identified as Arctic-like lineage and 1 as Europe 1 lineage. These data show a considerable prevalence of Arctic-like-CDVs in the analysed dogs. The dogs and the 3 viruses more recently identified showed 4 distinctive amino acid mutations compared to all other Arctic CDVs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balboni
authors.forename: Giorgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Lorenzo Dandola
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scagliarini
authors.forename: Santino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prosperi
authors.forename: Mara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Battilani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004216:Distemper / Q000821:virology*; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny