Archives of Virology

, Volume 156, Issue 1, pp 143–147 | Cite as

First report on the phylogeny of bovine norovirus in Turkey

  • H. Yilmaz
  • N. Turan
  • E. Altan
  • K. Bostan
  • A. Yilmaz
  • C. R. Helps
  • K. O. Cho
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Abstract

Bovine norovirus (BoNoV) is an important cause of diarrhea in calves and has been reported in several countries. The aims of this study were to investigate for the first time the presence of norovirus in Turkish calves by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and to determine the phylogeny of any circulating strains. Fecal samples from 70 diarrheic calves were collected and analysed by SYBR Green qRT-PCR. BoNoV was detected in fecal samples from six calves. The capsid gene was partially sequenced, and phylogenetic analysis was performed. This showed that the six Turkish BoNoVs clustered with the GIII-2 prototype.

Keywords

Feces Sample Prototype Strain Capsid Gene Sapovirus SYBR Green Assay 
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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank TUBITAK (Project No: 106T759, TBAG, COST Action 929) and the University of Istanbul (BAP-UDP-7005) for funding this study.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • H. Yilmaz
    • 1
  • N. Turan
    • 1
  • E. Altan
    • 1
  • K. Bostan
    • 2
  • A. Yilmaz
    • 3
  • C. R. Helps
    • 4
  • K. O. Cho
    • 5
  1. 1.Department of Virology, Veterinary FacultyUniversity of IstanbulAvcilarTurkey
  2. 2.Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Veterinary FacultyUniversity of IstanbulAvcilarTurkey
  3. 3.Cevre Industrial Analysis Laboratory, Merkez Mahallesi, Ceylan SokakKagıthaneTurkey
  4. 4.Langford Veterinary Services, Langford HouseUniversity of BristolLangfordUK
  5. 5.Bio-therapy Human Resources Center, College of Veterinary MedicineChonnam National UniversityGwangjuSouth Korea

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