| molecular characterization of feline astrovirus in domestic cats from northeast china. | feline astrovirus (feastv) which belonged to the genus mamastrovirus was first identified in the feces of kittens with diarrhea in the usa in 1981 by electron microscopy, and had been reported in many countries. presently, there are no any reports of the circulation of feastv in mainland china. we performed this study to investigate the apparent prevalence and genetic variability of feastv infected in cats in mainland china for the first time. we tested fecal samples of 105 cats with diarrhea an ... | 2018 | 30300387 |
| genetic characteristics of the complete feline kobuvirus genome. | we sequenced the complete genome of a feline kobuvirus and determined relationships with other kobuviruses. this kobuvirus has an 8,269-nucleotide-long rna genome, excluding the poly(a) tail. the genome contains a 7,311-bp open reading frame (orf) encoding a putative polyprotein precursor of 2,437 amino acids, a 717-bp 5'-untranslated region (utr), and a 241-bp 3'-utr. the l protein sequence was found to be the most variable region in the feline kobuvirus genome. interestingly, the 5'-utr b and ... | 2015 | 25404141 |
| molecular evolution of kobuviruses in cats. | aichi virus, a causative agent of human gastroenteritis, is one of a number of animal viruses belonging to the genus kobuvirus within the family picornaviridae. the kobuvirus genome encodes several structural and nonstructural proteins; the capsid proteins encoded by the vp1 gene are key immunogenic factors. here, we used the vp1 region to determine substitution rates and the time to the most recent common ancestor (tmrca) by comparing feline kobuvirus (fkovs) sequences with kobuvirus sequences ... | 2015 | 25398594 |
| novel picornavirus in domestic rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus var. domestica). | picornaviruses (family picornaviridae) are small, non-enveloped viruses with positive sense, single-stranded rna genomes. the numbers of the novel picornavirus species and genera are continuously increasing. picornaviruses infect numerous vertebrate species from fish to mammals, but have not been identified in a member of the lagomorpha order (pikas, hares and rabbits). in this study, a novel picornavirus was identified in 16 (28.6%) out of 56 faecal samples collected from clinically healthy rab ... | 2016 | 26588888 |
| molecular characterization of the full kobuvirus genome in a cat. | kobuviruses, which belong to the family picornaviridae, have been detected in fecal samples from infected animals with or without diarrhea. here, we report the first complete genome sequence of a feline kobuvirus (fkov) strain, fk-13, identified from the feces of a cat with diarrhea in south korea in 2011. | 2014 | 24786960 |