title: Molecular detection of kobuviruses in European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Italy.
abstract: Kobuvirus RNA was found in 6.6 % (13/198) of stool specimens from roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) captured during the regular hunting season. Upon sequence analysis of a fragment of the 3D gene, nine strains displayed the highest nucleotide sequence identity (91.2-97.4 %) to bovine kobuviruses previously detected in either diarrhoeic or asymptomatic calves. Interestingly, four strains were genetically related to the newly discovered caprine kobuviruses (84.2-87.6 % nucleotide identity) identified in black goats in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 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: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Melegari
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Di Felice
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robetto
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guidetti
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Orusa
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martella
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marsilio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003670:Deer / Q000821:virology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology; D007558:Italy; D052699:Kobuvirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny