Detection and molecular characterization of a canine norovirus

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Aug;14(8):1306-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1408.080062.

Abstract

We identified a novel calicivirus in a pup with enteritis. The isolate was related genetically (90.1% aa identity in the capsid protein) to a lion norovirus strain.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Caliciviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Caliciviridae Infections / virology
  • Dog Diseases / virology*
  • Dogs
  • Gastroenteritis / veterinary*
  • Gastroenteritis / virology
  • Genome, Viral
  • Norovirus / classification
  • Norovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Phylogeny