Clinical Manifestations of Senecavirus A Infection in Neonatal Pigs, Brazil, 2015

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jul;22(7):1238-41. doi: 10.3201/eid2207.151583.

Abstract

We identified new clinical manifestations associated with Senecavirus A infection in neonatal piglets in Brazil in 2015. Immunohistochemical and molecular findings confirmed the association of Senecavirus A with these unusual clinical signs and more deaths. Other possible disease agents investigated were not associated with these illnesses.

Keywords: Brazil; Seneca Valley virus; Senecavirus A; pathogenesis; picornavirus infection; piglets; swine; viruses.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Picornaviridae / genetics
  • Picornaviridae / isolation & purification*
  • Picornaviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Picornaviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Picornaviridae Infections / virology
  • RNA, Viral
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / epidemiology
  • Swine Diseases / virology*

Substances

  • RNA, Viral

Supplementary concepts

  • Senecavirus A