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Review
. 2011 Nov;41(6):1087-95.
doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2011.09.001.

Astroviruses in dogs

Vito Martella  1 , Paschalina Moschidou, Canio Buonavoglia
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Review

Astroviruses in dogs

Vito Martella et al. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

Canine astroviruses appear to be widespread geographically. The prevalence may be significantly higher in pups with gastroenteric disease than in asymptomatic animals and virus shedding has been shown to correlate with gastroenteric signs in naturally infected dogs. Animal experiments are required to understand better the pathogenic role of astroviruses in dogs.

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Figures

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Fig. 1
Indirect immunofluorescence on 24-hour infected MDCK cells.
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Fig. 2
EM observation of negatively stained AstV particles, aggregated by an AstV-specific antiserum. Scale bar 50 nm.
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Fig. 3
Phylogenetic tree based on the full-length amino acid sequence of the capsid protein of AstVs of avian and mammalian origin. The tree was elaborated with the neighbor-joining method without any distance correction.
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