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SUBMITTER: Decaro N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7103353 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Virology 20071004 1
We describe the isolation, biological and genetic characterization of a host-range variant of bovine coronavirus (BCoV) detected in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). By conventional and real-time RT-PCR assays, the virus was demonstrated in the intestinal contents of two 20-day-old buffalo calves dead of a severe form of enteritis and in the feces of additional 17 buffalo calves with diarrhea. Virus isolation, hemagglutination and receptor-destroying enzyme activity showed that the buffalo corona ...[more]