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27.08.2022 | Original Article
Genomic characterization and pathogenicity analysis of a porcine deltacoronavirus strain isolated in western China
verfasst von:
Zemei Wang, Shuxian Li, Yongheng Shao, Yabin Lu, Chen Tan, Yaru Cui, Guangming Ding, Yuguang Fu, Guangliang Liu, Jianing Chen, Yonghao Hu
Erschienen in:
Archives of Virology
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Ausgabe 11/2022
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Abstract
Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is an enteric virus that was first identified in 2012. Although PDCoV has been detected worldwide, there is little information about its circulation in western China. In this study, fecal samples were collected from piglets with watery diarrhea in western China between 2015 and 2018 for the detection of PDCoV. The positive rate was 29.9%. A PDCoV strain (CHN/CQ/BN23/2016, BN23) was isolated and selected for further investigation. Phylogenetic analysis showed that this strain formed an individual cluster between the early Chinese lineage and the Chinese lineage. RDP4 and SimPlot analysis demonstrated that strain BN23 is a recombinant of Thailand/S5015L/2015 and CHN-AH-2004. The pathogenicity of BN23 was evaluated in 3-day-old piglets. Challenged piglets developed serious clinical signs and died at 3 days post-inoculation. Our data show that PDCoV is prevalent in western China and that strain BN23 is highly pathogenic to newborn piglets. Therefore, more attention should be paid to emerging PDCoV strains in western China.