Novel Parvovirus Related to Primate Bufaviruses in Dogs

Authors :: Vito Martella
Gianvito Lanave
Eszter Mihalov-Kovács
Szilvia Marton
Renáta Varga-Kugler
Eszter Kaszab
Barbara Di Martino
Michele Camero
Nicola Decaro
Canio Buonavoglia
Krisztián Bányai
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 6, Pp 1061-1068 (2018)
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018.
Abstract: A novel protoparvovirus species, related genetically to human bufaviruses, was identified in dogs with respiratory signs. The canine bufavirus was distantly related to the well-known canine protoparvovirus, canine parvovirus type 2, sharing low amino acid identities in the nonstructural protein 1 (40.6%) and in the capsid protein 1 (33.4%). By screening collections of fecal, nasal, and oropharyngeal samples obtained from juvenile dogs (