Detection of a novel porcine parvovirus, PPV4, in chinese swine herds
<p>Abstract</p> <p>To determine whether the novel porcine parvovirus type 4 (PPV4) recently reported in America is prevalent in China, a set of specific primers was designed and used for molecular survey of PPV4 among the clinical samples collected from various provinces of China b...
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doaj-8379b98f46b24b86a766f9ae98e853762020-11-24T20:48:01ZengBMCVirology Journal1743-422X2010-11-017133310.1186/1743-422X-7-333Detection of a novel porcine parvovirus, PPV4, in chinese swine herdsZhang Hong-BiaoCheung Andrew KZhai Shao-LunHuang LvLong Jin-XueYuan Shi-Shan<p>Abstract</p> <p>To determine whether the novel porcine parvovirus type 4 (PPV4) recently reported in America is prevalent in China, a set of specific primers was designed and used for molecular survey of PPV4 among the clinical samples collected from various provinces of China between 2006 and 2010. The results showed that PPV4 is present in Chinese swine herds at a rate of 2.09% (12/573) among the clinical samples examined and 0.76% (1/132) among the samples taken from healthy animals. We also noted that PPV4 was not detected in samples taken prior to 2009. Analysis of the coding sequences showed that the Chinese and American PPV4 genome sequences are closely related with greater than 99% nucleotide sequence identity. Similar to a previous study, viral genomes in head-to-tail configuration of various lengths of the non-coding region were detected. Our findings confirmed that PPV4 is a unique recently discovered virus in pigs. Phylogenetically, PPV4 is most closely related to bovine parvovirus 2 (BPV2, which is not a <it>Bocavirus </it>and is not assigned to any <it>Parvovirinae </it>genus) and shares limited ORF1 (33.6%) and ORF2 (24.5%) amino acid identity. With respect to genome structure and organization, PPV4 encodes an ORF3 in the middle of the viral genome that resembles the <it>Bocavirus </it>genus. However, the PPV4 ORF3 encoded protein shares minimal amino acid identity with the ORF3 encoded proteins of the <it>Bocavirus </it>genus.</p> http://www.virologyj.com/content/7/1/333 |
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Detection of a novel porcine parvovirus, PPV4, in chinese swine herds |
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Detection of a novel porcine parvovirus, PPV4, in chinese swine herds |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>To determine whether the novel porcine parvovirus type 4 (PPV4) recently reported in America is prevalent in China, a set of specific primers was designed and used for molecular survey of PPV4 among the clinical samples collected from various provinces of China between 2006 and 2010. The results showed that PPV4 is present in Chinese swine herds at a rate of 2.09% (12/573) among the clinical samples examined and 0.76% (1/132) among the samples taken from healthy animals. We also noted that PPV4 was not detected in samples taken prior to 2009. Analysis of the coding sequences showed that the Chinese and American PPV4 genome sequences are closely related with greater than 99% nucleotide sequence identity. Similar to a previous study, viral genomes in head-to-tail configuration of various lengths of the non-coding region were detected. Our findings confirmed that PPV4 is a unique recently discovered virus in pigs. Phylogenetically, PPV4 is most closely related to bovine parvovirus 2 (BPV2, which is not a <it>Bocavirus </it>and is not assigned to any <it>Parvovirinae </it>genus) and shares limited ORF1 (33.6%) and ORF2 (24.5%) amino acid identity. With respect to genome structure and organization, PPV4 encodes an ORF3 in the middle of the viral genome that resembles the <it>Bocavirus </it>genus. However, the PPV4 ORF3 encoded protein shares minimal amino acid identity with the ORF3 encoded proteins of the <it>Bocavirus </it>genus.</p> |
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