High Prevalence of Highly Variable Atypical Porcine Pestiviruses Found in Germany

Martin Beer, Kerstin Wernike, Carolin Dräger, Dirk W. Höper, Anne Pohlmann, C. Bergermann, Charlotte Schröder, S. Klinkhammer, Sandra Blome, Bernd Hoffmann

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases · 2016 · 92 citations · 9 references

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Recently, a novel atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) with significant distribution was described in the USA. Subsequent screening of the German pig sector showed a high prevalence of APPV with high variability among strains. First indication of a cell culture isolate is provided which will allow further investigations like pathogenesis studies.

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