Abstract
An outbreak of norovirus (NoV) infection was identified in a kennel. Sequence analysis of a short fragment in the polymerase complex indicated the clonal origin of the strains, which were similar to the prototype canine NoV strain GIV.2/Bari/170/07-4/ITA (94.7% nucleotide identity). The findings demonstrate that canine NoV circulates in dogs in Greece and that it can spread easily across a group of animals.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Caliciviridae Infections* / epidemiology
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Caliciviridae Infections* / veterinary
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Caliciviridae Infections* / virology
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Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
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Dog Diseases* / epidemiology
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Dog Diseases* / virology
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Dogs / virology
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Feces / virology
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Gastroenteritis* / epidemiology
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Gastroenteritis* / veterinary
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Gastroenteritis* / virology
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Greece
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Norovirus / genetics
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Norovirus / isolation & purification*
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Phylogeny
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RNA, Viral / analysis
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction