Outbreak of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus in Portugal, 2015.
An outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in the South of Portugal in January 2015 and the spread of PEDV northwards in the territory are described. Comparative analysis of the amplified sequences showed a very high (99.0%) identity with the PEDV variant most recently reported in the United States and also show complete (100%) identity to the strains recently reported in Germany, supporting the hypothesis that a unique strain is currently circulating in Europe. The origin of this PEDV variant still needs to be elucidated and further studies in the remaining European countries may contribute to the knowledge.
Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Viseu, Portugal.|CIBIO/UP, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos/Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.|Centro de Estudos em Educação, Tecnologias e Saúde (CI&DETS), Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Viseu, Portugal.
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Central Veterinary Institute, Lelystad, the Netherlands.
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Hakze-van der Honing
Vetdiagnos Diagnóstico Veterinário, Cantanhede, Portugal.
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Vetdiagnos Diagnóstico Veterinário, Cantanhede, Portugal.
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Lourenço
Central Veterinary Institute, Lelystad, the Netherlands.
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van der Poel
CIBIO/UP, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos/Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.|Laboratório de Microbiologia, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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D000818:Animals; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D053485:Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011174:Portugal / Q000453:epidemiology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D014481:United States
coronavirus; porcine epidemic diarrhea virus