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Genetic heterogeneity of bovine noroviruses in Italy

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By screening 104 faecal samples from asymptomatic calves in Italy, bovine norovirus RNA was detected with a prevalence rate of 10.5 % (11/104). A continuous sequence spanning the RdRp region and the 5′ end of the capsid gene was generated for 7 of the 11 strains. Upon phylogenetic analysis, five strains were grouped with GIII.2 Newbury2-like viruses, and one strain was grouped with GIII.1 Jena-like noroviruses. Interestingly, one strain (80TE/IT) was genetically related to the GIII.1/Jena/80/De in the RdRp but resembled the GIII.2/Newbury2/76/UK in the capsid gene, suggesting a recombination event occurring in the ORF1/ORF2 junction region.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. Roberto Speranza and Dr. Giovanni Befacchia for the collection of faecal specimens. The work was financed by grants from the University of Teramo, Italy, and from the Italian Ministry of University and Research.

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All authors declare that there are no financial or other relationships that might lead to a conflict of interest. All authors have seen and approved the manuscript and have contributed significantly to the work.

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    Barbara Di Martino, Federica Di Profio, Elisabetta Di Felice, Irene Melegari, Chiara Ceci & Fulvio Marsilio

  2. Fundamental and Applied Research in Animal Health Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

    Axel Mauroy & Etienne Thiry

  3. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Università Aldo Moro di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy

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Di Martino, B., Di Profio, F., Di Felice, E. et al. Genetic heterogeneity of bovine noroviruses in Italy. Arch Virol 159, 2717–2722 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-014-2109-0

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