Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus among Farmed Pigs, Ukraine

An outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea occurred in the summer of 2014 in Ukraine, severely affecting piglets <10 days of age; the mortality rate approached 100%. Full genome sequencing showed the virus to be closely related to strains reported from North America, showing a sequence identity of...

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Main Authors: Akbar Dastjerdi, John Carr, Richard J. Ellis, Falko Steinbach, Susanna Williamson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/12/15-0272_article