Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2016)

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus and Discovery of a Recombinant Swine Enteric Coronavirus, Italy

  • M. Beatrice Boniotti,
  • Alice Papetti,
  • Antonio Lavazza,
  • Giovanni Alborali,
  • Enrica Sozzi,
  • Chiara Chiapponi,
  • Silvia Faccini,
  • Paolo Bonilauri,
  • Paolo Cordioli,
  • Douglas Marthaler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2201.150544
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 83 – 87

Abstract

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Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has been detected sporadically in Italy since the 1990s. We report the phylogenetic relationship of swine enteric coronaviruses collected in Italy during 2007–2014 and identify a drastic shift in PEDV strain variability and a new swine enteric coronavirus generated by recombination of transmissible gastroenteritis virus and PEDV.

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