Hobi-like pestivirus in aborted bovine fetuses

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Feb;50(2):509-12. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05887-11. Epub 2011 Dec 7.

Abstract

An outbreak of abortion affecting multiparous cows was associated with Hobi-like pestivirus infection. Viral RNA and antigens were detected in the tissues of two aborted fetuses. Molecular assays for other common abortogenic agents tested negative. At the genetic level, the Hobi-like pestivirus displayed the closest relatedness to Italian, Australian, and South American viruses, whereas it diverged from the prototype Thai isolate. These findings may have important implications for the pestivirus control/eradication programs in cattle herds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Veterinary / epidemiology*
  • Abortion, Veterinary / etiology
  • Animals
  • Antigens, Viral / analysis
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cattle Diseases / mortality
  • Cattle Diseases / virology*
  • Female
  • Fetus / virology*
  • Genotype
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Typing
  • Pestivirus / isolation & purification*
  • Pestivirus Infections / complications
  • Pestivirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Pestivirus Infections / mortality
  • Pestivirus Infections / veterinary*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / mortality
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / veterinary*
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Antigens, Viral
  • RNA, Viral

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JN703311
  • GENBANK/JN703312
  • GENBANK/JN703313