Seroprevalence of canine norovirus in 14 European countries

João R Mesquita; Inês Delgado; Veronica Costantini; Kristin Heenemann; Thomas W Vahlenkamp; Jan Vinjé; Maria S J Nascimento

doi:10.1128/CVI.00048-14

Seroprevalence of canine norovirus in 14 European countries

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2014 Jun;21(6):898-900. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00048-14. Epub 2014 Mar 26.

Authors

João R Mesquita¹, Inês Delgado², Veronica Costantini³, Kristin Heenemann⁴, Thomas W Vahlenkamp⁴, Jan Vinjé³, Maria S J Nascimento⁵

Affiliations

¹ Agrarian Superior School, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, Portugal Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos/Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal [email protected].
² Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
⁵ Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos/Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

Abstract

To investigate the prevalence of the recently described genogroup VI canine noroviruses (CNVs) in dogs in Europe, we tested 510 serum samples from dogs in 14 European countries for anti-IgG CNV antibodies. Seropositive dogs were found throughout Europe. Dogs with antibodies against human noroviruses were also found.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Viral / blood*
Caliciviridae Infections / blood
Caliciviridae Infections / epidemiology*
Caliciviridae Infections / veterinary*
Dog Diseases / blood
Dog Diseases / epidemiology*
Dogs
Europe / epidemiology
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Immunoglobulin G / immunology
Norovirus / immunology*
Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
Immunoglobulin G