Detection and characterisation of novel bocavirus (genus Bocaparvovirus) and gastroenteritis viruses from asymptomatic pigs in Ireland

Background: Livestock animals have been the assumed source of several human epidemics in recent years, for example, influenza H1N1, rotavirus G8/G9, and MERS-CoV. Surveillance of novel viruses in animals is essential to evaluate the risk to human and animal health and to determine any economic impac...

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Main Authors: Lynda Gunn, Patrick James Collins, Séamus Fanning, John McKillen, John Morgan, Anthony Staines, Helen O'shea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-06-01
Series:Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
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Online Access:http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee/article/view/27270/pdf_12