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Molecular prevalence of bovine noroviruses and neboviruses in newborn calves in Iran

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In this study, bovine enteric caliciviruses (BECs) were detected in 49.4% of a total of 253 stool specimens for diarrheic calves collected from 42 industrial dairy farms from March 2010 to February 2012. Genogroup III norovirus (NoVsGIII) were more prevalent (39.5%) than neboviruses (NBs) (15%), and coinfections were observed in 5.1% of the samples tested. Sequence analysis of the partial polymerase gene from 13 NoVsGIII samples indicated the circulation of both genotype 1 and genotype 2 strains. Among the six NB strains sequenced, five were related to the Bo/Nebraska/80/US strain, while one was related to the Bo/Newbury1/76/UK strain.

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Acknowledgements

This research was performed at the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute (RVSRI) in Iran and National Reference Centre for Enteric Viruses in France. Furthermore, this study was kindly supported by Center for International Scientific Studies and Collaboration (CISSC) and the French Embassy in Tehran, Iran.

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This study was funded by RVSRI (Grant number: 2-18-18-91138). The research involved no human or animal participants.

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  1. Farzaneh Pourasgari

    Present address: Division of Advanced Diagnostics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, UHN, Toronto, Canada

  2. Céline Fremy

    Present address: Queen’s Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biotechnology, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran

    Farzaneh Pourasgari, Alireza Sanchooli, Shahla Karimi-Naghlani & Naheed Mojgani

  2. Laboratory of Virology, National Reference Center for Enteric Viruses, CHU F. Mitterrand, Dijon, France

    Jérôme Kaplon, Céline Fremy, Katia Ambert-Balay & Pierre Pothier

  3. AgroSup Dijon, PAM UMR A 02.102, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comte, Dijon, France

    Jérôme Kaplon, Katia Ambert-Balay & Pierre Pothier

  4. Iran Veterinary Organization, Tehran, Iran

    Vahid Otarod

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Pourasgari, F., Kaplon, J., Sanchooli, A. et al. Molecular prevalence of bovine noroviruses and neboviruses in newborn calves in Iran. Arch Virol 163, 1271–1277 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-3716-y

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