Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2017)

Determination of Ferret Enteric Coronavirus Genome in Laboratory Ferrets

  • Tian-Cheng Li,
  • Sayaka Yoshizaki,
  • Michiyo Kataoka,
  • Yen Hai Doan,
  • Yasushi Ami,
  • Yuriko Suzaki,
  • Tomofumi Nakamura,
  • Naokazu Takeda,
  • Takaji Wakita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.160215
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 9
pp. 1568 – 1570

Abstract

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Ferret enteric coronavirus (FRECV) RNA was detected in laboratory ferrets. Analysis of the complete genome sequence of 2 strains, FRCoV4370 and FRCoV063, revealed that FRECV shared 49.9%–68.9% nucleotide sequence identity with known coronaviruses. These results suggest that FRECV might be classified as a new species in the genus Alphacoronavirus.

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