Hong-Zhe Zhao, Chun-Yu Liu, Hai Meng, Cheng-Long Sun, Hong-Wen Yang, Hao Wang, Jian Zou, Peng Li, Feng-Ye Han, Gen Qi, Yang Zhang, Bing-Bing Lin, Chuang Liu, Meng-Meng Chen, Pan-Ling Zhang, Xiao-Dong Chen, Yi-Di Zhang, Qian-Jin Song, Yong-Jun Wen, Feng-Xue Wang
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a pathogen that causes severe abortions in sows and high piglet mortality, resulting in huge economic losses to the pig industry worldwide. The emerging and novel PRRSV isolates are clinically and biologically important, as there are likely recombination and pathogenic differences among PRRSV genomes. Furthermore, the NADC34-like strain has become a major epidemic strain in some parts of China, but the characterization and pathogenicity of the latest strain in Inner Mongolia have not been reported in detail...
April 26, 2024: Viruses