AI Article Synopsis
- The study investigated the presence of porcine noroviruses and sapoviruses in pigs from northern Italy, focusing on both healthy and diarrheic animals.
- Sapoviruses were commonly found and showed genetic connections to known reference strains and new genogroups.
- Interestingly, porcine norovirus was discovered in one healthy pig, marking the first identification of this virus in Italy.
Article Abstract
Porcine noroviruses and sapoviruses have been sporadically reported in European countries, and more rarely in Italy. In this study, stools samples were collected from both asymptomatic and diarrheic pigs from northern Italy and were screened for caliciviruses by RT-PCR. Sapoviruses were detected frequently and were genetically related to both the GIII reference strain and the newly described porcine sapovirus genogroups. Porcine norovirus was detected in one asymptomatic pig (0.5%) and was genotyped as GII.11. This is the first detection of porcine norovirus in Italy.
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