Efficacy of genogroup 1 based porcine epidemic diarrhea live vaccine against genogroup 2 field strain in Japan

Abstract Background Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) is a lethal infectious disease in suckling piglets with symptoms including watery diarrhea caused by PED virus (PEDV). Since the late 1990’s, live vaccines based on genogroup 1 virus have been used in Japan, and a significant amount of the vaccine...

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Main Authors: Tetsuo Sato, Kazuki Oroku, Yoshiyuki Ohshima, Yoshiaki Furuya, Chihiro Sasakawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Virology Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12985-018-0940-8