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ArticleVeterinary microbiology2017

Discovery of a novel swine enteric alphacoronavirus (SeACoV) in southern China.

Yongfei Pan, Xiaoyan Tian, Pan Qin, Bin Wang, Pengwei Zhao, Yong-Le Yang, Lianxiang Wang, Dongdong Wang, Yanhua Song, Xiangbin Zhang and 1 more

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Article in Veterinary microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 179 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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179 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 263 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yongfei PanInstitute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Hog Production Division, Guangdong Wen's Foodstuffs Group Co, Ltd, Xinxing, 527439, China.
Xiaoyan TianHog Production Division, Guangdong Wen's Foodstuffs Group Co, Ltd, Xinxing, 527439, China.
Pan QinInstitute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Bin WangInstitute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Pengwei ZhaoInstitute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Yong-Le YangInstitute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Lianxiang WangHog Production Division, Guangdong Wen's Foodstuffs Group Co, Ltd, Xinxing, 527439, China.
Dongdong WangHog Production Division, Guangdong Wen's Foodstuffs Group Co, Ltd, Xinxing, 527439, China.
Yanhua SongHog Production Division, Guangdong Wen's Foodstuffs Group Co, Ltd, Xinxing, 527439, China.
Xiangbin ZhangHog Production Division, Guangdong Wen's Foodstuffs Group Co, Ltd, Xinxing, 527439, China; College of Animal Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. Electronic address: zhangxb@scau.edu.cn.
Yao-Wei HuangInstitute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. Electronic address: yhuang@zju.edu.cn.
Wen's Food Group (China) · CNZhejiang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Outbreaks of diarrhea in newborn piglets without detection of transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), have been recorded in a pig farm in southern China since February 2017. Isolation and propagation of the pathogen in cell culture resulted in discovery of a novel swine enteric alphacoronavirus (tentatively named SeACoV) related to the bat coronavirus HKU2 identified in the same region a decade ago. Specific fluorescence signal was detected in Vero cells infected with SeACoV by using a positive sow serum collected in the same farm, but not by using TGEV-, PEDV- or PDCoV-specific antibody. Electron microscopy observation demonstrated that the virus particle with surface projections was 100-120nm in diameter. Complete genomic sequencing and analyses of SeACoV indicated that the extreme amino-terminal domain of the SeACoV spike (S) glycoprotein structurally similar to the domain 0 of the alphacoronavirus NL63, whereas the rest part of S structurally resembles domains B to D of the betacoronavirus. The SeACoV-S domain 0 associated with enteric tropism had an extremely high variability, harboring 75-amino-acid (aa) substitutions and a 2-aa insertion, compared to that of HKU2, which is likely responsible for the extended host range or cross-species transmission. The isolated virus was infectious in pigs when inoculated orally into 3-day-old newborn piglets, leading to clinical signs of diarrhea and fecal virus shedding. These results confirmed that it is a novel swine enteric coronavirus representing the fifth porcine coronavirus.

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AlphacoronavirusAnimalsAnimals, NewbornChinaChlorocebus aethiopsCoronavirus InfectionsDiarrheaFecesFemaleIntestine, SmallSwineSwine DiseasesVero CellsVirus SheddingBatCross-species transmissionSpike glycoproteinSwine enteric alphacoronavirus (SeACoV)

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PMID29102111
PMCPMC7117260
OpenAlexW2758415324

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