Porcine_coronavirus_HKU15

<i>Coronavirus HKU15</i>

Coronavirus HKU15

Species of virus


Coronavirus HKU15, sometimes called Porcine coronavirus HKU15 (PorCoV HKU15) is a virus first discovered in a surveillance study in Hong Kong, China,[2] and first reported to be associated with porcine diarrhea in February 2014. In February 2014, PorCoV HKU15 was identified in pigs with clinical diarrhea disease in the U.S. state of Ohio.[3] The complete genome of one US strain has been published.[4] Since then, it has been identified in pig farms in Canada.[5] The virus has been referred to as Porcine coronavirus HKU15, Swine deltacoronavirus and Porcine deltacoronavirus.

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References

  1. Ziebuhr, J.; et al. (16 September 2015). "Create 12new species in the family Coronaviridae" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). p. 5. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. Woo, P. C.; Lau, S. K.; Lam, C. S.; Lau, C. C.; Tsang, A. K.; Lau, J. H.; Bai, R; Teng, J. L.; Tsang, C. C.; Wang, M; Zheng, B. J.; Chan, K. H.; Yuen, K. Y. (2012). "Discovery of seven novel Mammalian and avian coronaviruses in the genus deltacoronavirus supports bat coronaviruses as the gene source of alphacoronavirus and betacoronavirus and avian coronaviruses as the gene source of gammacoronavirus and deltacoronavirus". Journal of Virology. 86 (7): 3995–4008. doi:10.1128/JVI.06540-11. PMC 3302495. PMID 22278237.
  3. "Ohio Department of Agriculture finds new pig virus". Reuters. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  4. "Industry Advisory - Swine DeltaCoronavirus" (Press release). Ontario Pork. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

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