Abstract :
[en] By screening 104 faecal samples from asymptomatic
calves in Italy, bovine norovirus RNA was detected
with a prevalence rate of 10.5 % (11/104). A continuous
sequence spanning the RdRp region and the 50 end of the
capsid gene was generated for 7 of the 11 strains. Upon
phylogenetic analysis, five strains were grouped with
GIII.2 Newbury2-like viruses, and one strain was grouped
with GIII.1 Jena-like noroviruses. Interestingly, one strain
(80TE/IT) was genetically related to the GIII.1/Jena/80/De
in the RdRp but resembled the GIII.2/Newbury2/76/UK in
the capsid gene, suggesting a recombination event occurring
in the ORF1/ORF2 junction region.
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