Comparison of porcine epidemic diarrhea viruses from Germany and the United States, 2014

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Mar;21(3):493-6. doi: 10.3201/eid2103.141165.

Abstract

Since 2013, highly virulent porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has caused considerable economic losses in the United States. To determine the relation of US strains to those recently causing disease in Germany, we compared genomes and found that the strain from Germany is closely related to variants in the United States.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Coronavirus Infections / veterinary*
  • Genome, Viral
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus / genetics*
  • Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus / ultrastructure
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Swine Diseases / virology*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Viral Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Viral Proteins