| Literature DB >> 22926717 |
Gábor Reuter1, Csaba Nemes, Akos Boros, Beatrix Kapusinszky, Eric Delwart, Péter Pankovics.
Abstract
Fecal samples (N = 10) from 6- to 8-week-old wild boar piglets (Sus scrofa), collected from an animal park in Hungary in April 2011, were analyzed using viral metagenomics and complete genome sequencing. Kobuvirus (genus Kobuvirus, family Picornaviridae) was detected in all (100 %) specimens, with the closest nucleotide (89 %) and amino acid (94 %) sequence identity of the strain wild boar/WB1-HUN/2011/HUN (JX177612) to the prototype porcine kobuvirus S-1-HUN (EU787450). This study suggests that genetically highly similar (practically the same geno-/serotype) porcine kobuvirus circulate in wild boars, the wildlife counterparts of domestic pigs. Wild boars could be an important host and reservoir for kobuvirus.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22926717 PMCID: PMC3541462 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-012-1456-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Virol ISSN: 0304-8608 Impact factor: 2.574