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Novel Amdoparvovirus Infecting Farmed Raccoon Dogs and Arctic Foxes |
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| Authors: | Xi-Qun Shao Yong-Jun Wen Heng-Xing Ba Xiu-Ting Zhang Zhi-Gang Yue Ke-Jian Wang Chun-Yi Li Jianming Qiu Fu-He Yang |
| Affiliation: | State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economical Animals, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China (X.Q. Shao, Y.J. Wen, H.X. Ba, X.T. Zhang, Z.G. Yue, C.Y. Li, F.H. Yang); ;State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China (K.J. Wang); ;University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA (J Qiu) |
| Abstract: | A new amdoparvovirus, named raccoon dog and fox amdoparvovirus (RFAV), was identified in farmed sick raccoon dogs and arctic foxes. Phylogenetic analyses showed that RFAV belongs to a new species within the genus Amdoparvovirus of the family Parvoviridae. An RFAV strain was isolated in Crandell feline kidney cell culture. |
| Keywords: | amdoparvovirus infection raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) viruses China |