Detection of feline kobuviruses in diarrhoeic cats, Italy

Kobuviruses have been identified in the enteric tract of several mammalian species but their role as enteric pathogens is still not defined. In this study, feline kobuviruses were found in 13.5% of cats with diarrhoea, but not in asymptomatic animals. In the full-length genome, one such strains, TE/...

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Autores principales: Di Martino, Barbara, Di Profio, Federica, Melegari, Irene, Marsilio, Fulvio, Martella, Vito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2015
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7117564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25631253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.01.012
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Sumario:Kobuviruses have been identified in the enteric tract of several mammalian species but their role as enteric pathogens is still not defined. In this study, feline kobuviruses were found in 13.5% of cats with diarrhoea, but not in asymptomatic animals. In the full-length genome, one such strains, TE/52/13/ITA, displayed the highest nucleotide identity (96.0%) to the prototype strain FK-13. These results provide firm evidence that kobuviruses are common constituents of feline enteric viroma and that they are not geographically restricted to the Asian continent, where they were first signalled.

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