Sequence-independent amplification and specific reverse transcription PCRs identified genogroup I and II picobirnaviruses in respiratory tracts of pigs. These data expand knowledge of picobirnavirus diversity and tropism. Genetic relationships between porcine respiratory and human enteric picobirnaviruses suggest cross-species transmission of picobirnaviruses between pigs and humans.

doi.org/10.3201/eid1712.110934, hdl.handle.net/1765/88203
Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access)
Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam

Smits, S., Poon, L. L. M., van Leeuwen, M., Lau, P.-N., Perera, H. K. K., Peiris, J. S. M., … Osterhaus, A. (2011). Genogroup I and II picobirnaviruses in respiratory tracts of pigs. Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access), 17(12), 2328–2330. doi:10.3201/eid1712.110934