Emergence of virulent pseudorabies virus infection in Northern China.
10.4142/jvs.2013.14.3.363
- Author:
Rui WU
1
;
Chaoyong BAI
;
Jinzhong SUN
;
Shengke CHANG
;
Xuke ZHANG
Author Information
1. Laboratory of Porcine Viral Diseases, China National Research Center for Veterinary Medicine, Luoyang 471003, China. wurui1977@163.com
- Publication Type:Brief Communication ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
fatal infection;
Northern China;
pseudorabies virus;
swine
- MeSH:
Animals;
China/epidemiology;
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/veterinary;
Epidemics/*veterinary;
Herpesvirus 1, Suid/classification/*isolation & purification/*pathogenicity;
Pseudorabies/*epidemiology/mortality/pathology/virology;
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary;
Sequence Analysis, DNA/veterinary;
Swine;
Swine Diseases/*epidemiology/mortality/pathology/virology;
Vaccination/adverse effects/veterinary;
Virulence
- From:Journal of Veterinary Science
2013;14(3):363-365
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Our investigation was conducted in order to verify a recent severe epidemic at several swine farms in northern China that indicated a newly emerging disease. Evidence confirmed that the epidemic was caused by a virulent Pseudorabies virus infection in swine herds.
