Genomic and antigenic characterization of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus strains isolated from South Korea, 2017.

ABSTRACT: Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) is a globally emerging and re-emerging enteric coronavirus in pigs causing serious economic threats to the world swine industry. Since the re-emergence of massive PEDV outbreaks in South Korea in 2013-2014, domestic pig farms have continued to experience PED epidemics or endemics. This study represents the molecular characterization of PEDV isolates identified in diarrhoeic animals collected across the country in 2017. Initial sequencing analysis of the full-length S genes revealed that 70% of the 2017 isolates (7/10) belong to the G2b subgroup, while the remaining isolates were classified as G1b. The data indicated that both variant G1b and global epidemic G2b strains were responsible for current PED outbreaks in South Korea. The 2017 G1b and G2b is

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7169816 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature