Erschienen in:
01.01.2012 | Brief Report
Molecular characterization of a canine coronavirus NA/09 strain detected in a dog’s organs
verfasst von:
Vasileios Ntafis, Eftychia Xylouri, Viviana Mari, Maria Papanastassopoulou, Nikolaos Papaioannou, Angelos Thomas, Canio Buonavoglia, Nicola Decaro
Erschienen in:
Archives of Virology
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Ausgabe 1/2012
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Abstract
In the present study, the detection of a pantropic canine coronavirus (CCoV) strain in a dog with lethal diarrhoea is reported. RT-PCR and real-time RT-PCR assays were used for the detection, characterization and quantitation of CCoV. Sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the CCoV NA/09 revealed a high degree of sequence identity with the pantropic strain CB/05, indicating the presence of CB/05-like pantropic strains in Greece. The absence of the 38-nucleotide deletion in ORF3b, which is characteristic of CB/05, indicates the need to identify new genetic markers for pantropic variants of CCoV, probably in the spike-protein gene region.