title: Molecular and epidemiological studies of Porcine rubulavirus infection - an overview.
abstract: Porcine rubulavirus-La Piedad-Michoacan-Mexico virus (PorPV-LPMV) was identified as the causative agent of a viral disease that emerged spontaneously in Mexican swine in the 1980s. Since the report of the initial outbreak of the disease, only one full-length genome from a strain isolated in 1984 (PorPV-LPMV/1984) has been sequenced; sequence data are scarce from other isolates. The genetic variation of this virus that has spread throughout the main endemic region of Mexico is almost a complete mystery. The development of molecular techniques for improved diagnostics and to investigate the persistence, molecular epidemiology, and the possible reservoirs of PorPV are needed. Together, this will provide greater knowledge regarding the molecular genetic changes and useful data to establish new strategies in the control of this virus in Mexico.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Disciplinarias en Microbiología Animal, INIFAP, México City, Mexico.|Section of Virology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden; cuevas.julieta@inifap.gob.mx.
authors.forename: Julieta Sandra
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cuevas-Romero
authors.affiliation: Section of Virology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anne-Lie
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Blomström
authors.affiliation: Section of Virology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berg
keywords: PorPV; PorPV-LPMV; Porcine rubulavirus; RNA; bats; epidemiology; persistent infection