title: Infection of farmed pigs with porcine kobuviruses in Italy.
abstract: Two-hundred eight swine fecal samples from six Italian farms were tested using a kobuvirus-specific RT-PCR with primers that amplify a region within the 3D gene. All farms were kobuvirus positive, with prevalence rates ranging between 24 % and 84 %. Overall, 57.5 % of asymptomatic pigs and 49.7 % of animals with diarrhea were positive for kobuvirus. Sequence analysis showed a different predominant strain circulating on each farm and indicated that the strains detected were related to both European and Asiatic strains. A possible pathogenic role of kobuvirus should be investigated further, since infections with this virus occur frequently in pigs of different ages.
authors: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy, ilaria.dibartolo@iss.it.
authors: Ilaria
authors: I
authors: Di Bartolo
authors: Giorgia
authors: G
authors: Angeloni
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Tofani
authors: Marina
authors: M
authors: Monini
authors: Franco Maria
authors: FM
authors: Ruggeri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling / Q000821:virology; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D052699:Kobuvirus / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D015995:Prevalence; D013552:Swine / Q000821:virology; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*