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Comparison of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Viruses from Germany and the United States, 2014

Authors :
Dennis Hanke
Maria Jenckel
Anja Petrov
Mathias Ritzmann
Julia Stadler
Valerij Akimkin
Sandra Blome
Anne Pohlmann
Horst Schirrmeier
Martin Beer
Dirk Höper
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 3, Pp 493-496 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015.

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
21
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.bebfa1d5e274e96adf7d43c7aed82ac
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2103.141165