1. Porcine hokovirus in wild boar in Portugal.
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Miranda, Carla, Coelho, Catarina, Vieira-Pinto, Madalena, and Thompson, Gertrude
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PARVOVIRUSES , *WILD boar , *BLOOD serum analysis , *CLADISTIC analysis , *PHYLOGENY , *PUBLIC health research - Abstract
Porcine hokovirus (PHoV), also referred to as porcine parvovirus 4 (P-PARV4), a recently discovered parvovirus of swine that is closely related to human parvovirus 4/5 (H-PARV4/5), was first described in Hong Kong. To evaluate the occurrence of P-PARV4 in Portuguese wild boars in the hunting season of 2011/2012, liver and serum samples were tested. P-PARV4 was detected in 24 % of the wild boars analyzed. Phylogenetic analysis showed a close relationship between the P-PARV4 isolates and other P-PARV4 reference strains. This virus appears to be emerging, with yet unknown implications for public health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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