Identification of two divergent swine Noroviruses detected at the slaughterhouse in North East Italy
2020
Andrea Laconi | Lara Cavicchio | Luca Tassoni | Giovanni Cunial | Adelaide Milani | Martina Ustulin | Guido Di Martino | Mario Forzan | Mery Campalto | Isabella Monne | Maria Serena Beato
Abstract Norovirus (NoV) has emerged as one of the major causative agents of non-bacterial, food- and water-borne gastroenteritis in humans, with the main genogroup involved in human outbreaks (GII), which has been detected worldwide in different animal species including swine. A four-month investigation at the slaughterhouse aiming to examine the presence of NoV in the swine in North-Eastern Italy, enabled the detection of two divergent Noroviruses (NoVs) (GII.P11) in two swine farms. This represents the first study in the swine population of North-Eastern Italy, which has paved the way for future integrated virological and epidemiological investigations on swine NoVs.
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