Comparison of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Viruses from Germany and the United States, 2014

Hanke, Dennis; Jenckel, Maria; Petrov, Anja; Ritzmann, Mathias; Stadler, Julia; Akimkin, Valerij; Blome, Sandra; Pohlmann, Anne; Schirrmeier, Horst; Beer, Martin and Höper, Dirk (2015): Comparison of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Viruses from Germany and the United States, 2014. In: Emerging infectious Diseases, Vol. 21, No. 3: pp. 493-496

Abstract

Since 2013, highly virulent porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has caused considerable economic losses in the United States. To determine the relation of US strains to those recently causing disease in Germany, we compared genomes and found that the strain from Germany is closely related to variants in the United States.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Veterinary Medicine > Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine
• Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health
• ISSN: 1080-6040
• Language: English