Molecular Investigation of Porcine Circovirus Type 3 Infection in Pigs in Namibia

Porcine circovirus type 3 (PCV-3) infection is widely distributed in domestic pig populations in America, Europe, and Asia. However, no data is currently available about its presence and distribution in Africa. This study investigated the presence of PCV-3 in pigs (n = 122) in Namibia, by means of b...

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Autores principales: Molini, Umberto, Marruchella, Giuseppe, Matheus, Frieda, Hemberger, Yvonne Maria, Chiwome, Bernard, Khaiseb, Siegfried, Cattoli, Giovanni, Franzo, Giovanni
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8150967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34064577
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10050585
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author Molini, Umberto
Marruchella, Giuseppe
Matheus, Frieda
Hemberger, Yvonne Maria
Chiwome, Bernard
Khaiseb, Siegfried
Cattoli, Giovanni
Franzo, Giovanni
author_facet Molini, Umberto
Marruchella, Giuseppe
Matheus, Frieda
Hemberger, Yvonne Maria
Chiwome, Bernard
Khaiseb, Siegfried
Cattoli, Giovanni
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description Porcine circovirus type 3 (PCV-3) infection is widely distributed in domestic pig populations in America, Europe, and Asia. However, no data is currently available about its presence and distribution in Africa. This study investigated the presence of PCV-3 in pigs (n = 122) in Namibia, by means of biomolecular methods. The pig samples collected (n = 122) were representative of the swine industry in Namibia, covering the major pig production facilities in the country. All of the samples tested were negative for PCV-3, and this indicated that the virus was either not present in the country or was circulating at low levels. Further studies are needed to better understand the distribution, if any, of PCV-3 in Namibia.
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spelling pubmed-81509672021-05-27 Molecular Investigation of Porcine Circovirus Type 3 Infection in Pigs in Namibia Molini, Umberto Marruchella, Giuseppe Matheus, Frieda Hemberger, Yvonne Maria Chiwome, Bernard Khaiseb, Siegfried Cattoli, Giovanni Franzo, Giovanni Pathogens Communication Porcine circovirus type 3 (PCV-3) infection is widely distributed in domestic pig populations in America, Europe, and Asia. However, no data is currently available about its presence and distribution in Africa. This study investigated the presence of PCV-3 in pigs (n = 122) in Namibia, by means of biomolecular methods. The pig samples collected (n = 122) were representative of the swine industry in Namibia, covering the major pig production facilities in the country. All of the samples tested were negative for PCV-3, and this indicated that the virus was either not present in the country or was circulating at low levels. Further studies are needed to better understand the distribution, if any, of PCV-3 in Namibia. MDPI 2021-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8150967/ /pubmed/34064577 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10050585 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Cattoli, Giovanni
Franzo, Giovanni
Molecular Investigation of Porcine Circovirus Type 3 Infection in Pigs in Namibia
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title_sort molecular investigation of porcine circovirus type 3 infection in pigs in namibia
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10050585
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