Porcine Astrovirus Type 3 in Central Nervous System of Swine with Polioencephalomyelitis
- Bailey Arruda
- Paulo Arruda
- Melissa Hensch
- Qi Chen
- Ying Zheng
- Chenghuai Yang
- Igor Renan Honorato Gatto
- Franco Matias Ferreyra
- Phil Gauger
- Kent Schwartz
- Laura Bradner
- Karen Harmon
- Ben Hause
- Ganwu Li
Publication date
December 2017
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
Using next-generation sequencing, we identified and genetically characterized a porcine astrovirus type 3 strain found in tissues from the central nervous system of 1 piglet and 3 sows with neurologic signs and nonsuppurative polioencephalomyelitis. Further studies are needed to understand the potential for cross-species transmission and clinical impact
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