Emergence of a virulent porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in Taiwan in 2018

• Published in: Transboundary and emerging diseases Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 1138 - 1141
• Main Authors: Lin, Wei‐Hao, Shih, Hsing‐Chun, Wang, Sheng‐Yuan, Lin, Chuen‐Fu, Yang, Cheng‐Yao, Chiou, Ming‐Tang, Lin, Chao‐Nan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2019; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - diagnosis; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - veterinary; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology; emerging; emerging diseases; Female; herds; Intensive farming; open reading frames; Phylogeny; Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome - diagnosis; Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome - virology; Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus; Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus - genetics; Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus - isolation & purification; Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus - pathogenicity; Pregnancy; Rapid Communication; Rapid Communications; Sequence Alignment - veterinary; Swine; Taiwan; Viral Envelope Proteins - genetics; viral nonstructural proteins; Viral Nonstructural Proteins - genetics; virulence; virulent; virulent strains; Viruses; Taiwan; virulent; porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus; emerging; Taiwan
• ISSN: 1865-1674; 1865-1682; 1865-1682
• DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13173

Summary In March 2018, an abortion storm caused by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus was confirmed in a farrow‐to‐finish pig herd in Taiwan. Open reading frame 5 and non‐structural protein 2 of the virus confirmed that the virus is closely related to the virulent strains circulating in the United States.