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Identification of a norovirus from diarrheic dog in Gwangju, Republic of Korea

  • Ba-Ra-Da Koh (Veterinary Service Laboratory, Gwangju Metropolitan City Health & Environment Research institute) ;
  • Su-Yeon Seo (Veterinary Service Laboratory, Gwangju Metropolitan City Health & Environment Research institute) ;
  • Ga-Hoi Choi (Veterinary Service Laboratory, Gwangju Metropolitan City Health & Environment Research institute) ;
  • Byeong-Cheol Yoon (Veterinary Service Laboratory, Gwangju Metropolitan City Health & Environment Research institute)
  • Received : 2023.08.02
  • Accepted : 2023.09.13
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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Abstract

Noroviruses are a major cause of gastroenteritis in humans and animals worldwide. In 2021, canine norovirus (CNoV) infection was detected at an animal clinic in Gwangju area, South Korea. A semi-nested polymerase chain reaction was developed to amplify a 478 bp fragment of the RdRp gene of CNoV. The phylogenetic analysis of this fragment confirmed the strain to be genogroup IV.2 (Dog/GIV.2/gw/s377/2021/KOR), which exhibited the highest similarity to the feline NoV strain GIV.2/CU081210E/USA/2010 (accession no. NC_045762) with 95.1% nucleotide (nt) identity and 98.7% amino acid (aa) identity. These research findings indicate that the detected norovirus in dogs is genetically similar to a feline-origin norovirus, suggesting easy cross-species transmission among animals.

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This work was supported by Gwangju Metropolitan City Institute of Health & Environment's Research Capacity Enhancement Project in 2022.

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