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A Ten-Year Molecular Survey on Parvoviruses Infecting Carnivores in Bulgaria

scientific article published on 8 November 2014

A candidate modified-live bovine coronavirus vaccine: safety and immunogenicity evaluation

scientific article published in January 2009

A duplex real-time PCR assay based on TaqMan technology for simultaneous detection and differentiation of canine adenovirus types 1 and 2.

scientific article

A feline rotavirus G3P[9] carries traces of multiple reassortment events and resembles rare human G3P[9] rotaviruses.

scientific article published on 12 January 2011

A minor groove binder probe real-time PCR assay for discrimination between type 2-based vaccines and field strains of canine parvovirus.

scientific article

A nested PCR approach for unambiguous typing of pestiviruses infecting cattle

scientific article published on 20 November 2011

A novel nested PCR for the diagnosis of calicivirus infections in the cat.

scientific article published on 19 November 2004

A pantropic canine coronavirus genetically related to the prototype isolate CB/05

scientific article published in 2012

A real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of Mycoplasma agalactiae DNA

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

A real-time PCR assay for rapid detection and quantitation of canine parvovirus type 2 in the feces of dogs

scholarly article by Nicola Decaro et al published January 2005 in Veterinary Microbiology

A severe dual infection by feline panleukopenia virus and feline calicivirus in an adult cat.

scientific article published on January 2004

Adenovirus Infections

Alphacoronavirus‡

An ELISA based on recombinant spike protein S for the detection of antibodies to transmissible gastroenteritis virus of swine-like canine coronaviruses

scientific article published on 28 October 2009

An oil-emulsion vaccine induces full-protection against Mycoplasma agalactiae infection in sheep

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

An outbreak of equine influenza virus in vaccinated horses in Italy is due to an H3N8 strain closely related to recent North American representatives of the Florida sub-lineage

scientific article published on 25 November 2006

An update on canine coronaviruses: viral evolution and pathobiology

scientific article published on 12 June 2008

Analysis of antibody response in goats to caprine herpesvirus 1.

scientific article published on 26 September 2005

Analysis of canine parvoviruses circulating in Australia reveals predominance of variant 2b and identifies feline parvovirus-like mutations in the capsid proteins

scientific article published on 13 July 2020

Analysis of the capsid protein gene of a feline-like calicivirus isolated from a dog.

scientific article published in April 2002

Assessing the efficacy of cidofovir against herpesvirus-induced genital lesions in goats using different therapeutic regimens.

scientific article published on 02 September 2008

Astroviruses in rabbits.

scientific article published in December 2011

Atypical pestivirus and severe respiratory disease in calves, Europe

scientific article

Betacoronavirus‡

Bid cleavage, cytochrome c release and caspase activation in canine coronavirus-induced apoptosis

scientific article published on 11 September 2009

Biological and genetic analysis of a bovine-like coronavirus isolated from water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) calves

scientific article published on 4 October 2007

Canine adenovirus type 1 and Pasteurella pneumotropica co‑infection in a puppy.

scientific article

Canine adenoviruses and herpesvirus

scientific article published on July 2008

Canine coronavirus highly pathogenic for dogs

scientific article

Canine coronavirus, Greece. Molecular analysis and genetic diversity characterization

article

Canine coronavirus: not only an enteric pathogen

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

Canine distemper and related diseases: report of a severe outbreak in a kennel

scientific article published on April 2004

Canine parvovirus (CPV) vaccination: comparison of neutralizing antibody responses in pups after inoculation with CPV2 or CPV2b modified live virus vaccine.

scientific article published on May 2001

Canine parvovirus 2c infection in central Portugal.

scientific article published in July 2008

Canine parvovirus epidemiology in Bulgaria

scientific article published in January 2011

Canine parvovirus infection: which diagnostic test for virus?

scientific article

Canine parvovirus post-vaccination shedding: Interference with diagnostic assays and correlation with host immune status

scientific article published on 2 February 2017

Canine parvovirus type 2c infection in a kitten associated with intracranial abscess and convulsions

scientific article published on 3 January 2011

Canine parvovirus--a review of epidemiological and diagnostic aspects, with emphasis on type 2c.

scientific article published on 12 September 2011

Caprine herpesvirus 1 vaccine with the LTK63 mutant as a mucosal adjuvant induces strong protection against genital infection in goats.

scientific article published on 19 September 2007

Characterisation of bubaline coronavirus strains associated with gastroenteritis in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) calves

scientific article

Characterisation of canine parvovirus strains isolated from cats with feline panleukopenia

Characterisation of the canine parvovirus type 2 variants using minor groove binder probe technology

scientific article published on 28 November 2005

Characterization of Canine Parvovirus 2 Variants Circulating in Greece

Characterization of a canine parvovirus strain isolated from an adult dog.

scientific article

Circulation of diverse protoparvoviruses in wild carnivores, Italy

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Circulation of multiple subtypes of bovine viral diarrhoea virus type 1 with no evidence for HoBi-like pestivirus in cattle herds of southern Italy

scientific article published on 9 February 2017

Circulation of pantropic canine coronavirus in autochthonous and imported dogs, Italy

scientific article published on 12 March 2020

Clinical and virological findings in pups naturally infected by canine parvovirus type 2 Glu-426 mutant

scientific article published on March 2005

Clinical bovine piroplasmosis caused by Babesia occultans in Italy

scientific article published on 08 May 2013

Cloning and expression of two fragments of the S gene of canine coronavirus type I.

scientific article published in April 2004

Comparison of the cross-antibody response induced in sheep by inactivated bovine viral diarrhoea virus 1 and Hobi-like pestivirus

scientific article published on 20 December 2012

Coronavirus Infections

journal article

Detection and Full-Length Genome Characterization of Novel Canine Vesiviruses

scientific article published on August 2015

Detection and characterization of canine astroviruses

scientific article published on 6 April 2011

Detection and genetic characterization of Canine parvovirus and Canine coronavirus strains circulating in district of Tirana in Albania

scientific article published on 13 June 2014

Detection and genetic characterization of canine distemper virus (CDV) from free-ranging red foxes in Italy.

scientific article published in February 2002

Detection and genetic characterization of canine parvoviruses and coronaviruses in southern Ireland

scientific article published on 24 November 2010

Detection and molecular characterization of a canine norovirus

scientific article

Detection and quantification of Anaplasma marginale DNA in blood samples of cattle by real-time PCR

scientific article published in 2007

Detection of Astrovirus in a Cow with Neurological Signs by Nanopore Technology, Italy

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Detection of Brucella canis in a dog in Italy.

scientific article

Detection of a Hobi-like virus in archival samples suggests circulation of this emerging pestivirus species in Europe prior to 2007.

scientific article published on 13 September 2013

Detection of a canine parvovirus type 2c with a non-coding mutation and its implications for molecular characterisation

scientific article

Detection of a honeybee iflavirus with intermediate characteristics between kakugo virus and deformed wing virus

scientific article published on October 2008

Detection of bovine coronavirus using a TaqMan-based real-time RT-PCR assay

scientific article published on 24 June 2008

Detection of canine distemper virus in dogs by real-time RT-PCR.

scientific article published on 5 June 2006

Detection of canine parvovirus type 2c by a commercially available in-house rapid test.

scientific article

Detection of equine herpesvirus type 1 by real time PCR.

scientific article

Detection of infectious canine parvovirus type 2 by mRNA real-time RT-PCR

Detection of parvovirus and herpesvirus DNA in the blood of feline and canine blood donors

scientific article published in 2018

Development and validation of a real-time PCR assay for specific and sensitive detection of canid herpesvirus 1.

scientific article published on 30 July 2010

Development of a TaqMan assay for sensitive detection of all pestiviruses infecting cattle, including the emerging HoBi-like strains

scientific article published on 20 August 2015

Development of a real-time PCR for the detection and quantitation of caprine herpesvirus 1 in goats

scientific article

Diagnostic tools based on minor groove binder probe technology for rapid identification of vaccinal and field strains of canine parvovirus type 2b.

scientific article

Discrepancies between feline coronavirus antibody and nucleic acid detection in effusions of cats with suspected feline infectious peritonitis

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction for simultaneous detection and quantification of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma centrale.

scientific article

Effect of cat litters on feline coronavirus infection of cell culture and cats

article

Efficacy of an inactivated canine coronavirus vaccine in pups.

scientific article published in April 2003

Enteric disease in dogs naturally infected by a novel canine astrovirus.

scientific article published on 21 December 2011

Enteric viral infections in lambs or kids

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Environmental monitoring and analysis of faecal contamination in an urban setting in the city of Bari (Apulia region, Italy): health and hygiene implications

scientific article

European surveillance for pantropic canine coronavirus

scientific article published on 24 October 2012

Evaluation of an in-clinic assay for the diagnosis of canine parvovirus

scientific article published on 6 September 2013

Evaluation of antibody response to canine coronavirus infection in dogs by Western Blotting analysis.

scientific article

Evaluation of lactogenic immunity to canine parvovirus in pups.

scientific article published in October 2004

Evaluation of the antigenic relationships among canine parvovirus type 2 variants

scientific article

Evaluation of the innate immune response in pups during canine parvovirus type 1 infection

article

Evidence for evolution of canine parvovirus type 2 in Italy

article

Evidence for immunisation failure in vaccinated adult dogs infected with canine parvovirus type 2c.

scientific article

Evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs from households in Italy

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

Evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs from households in Italy

scientific article published on 04 December 2020

Evolution of CPV-2 and Implicance for Antigenic/Genetic Characterization

Experimental infection of calves, sheep, goats and pigs with HoBi-like viruses by direct inoculation or exposure to persistently infected calves.

scientific article published on 23 October 2015

Experimental infection of cattle, sheep and pigs with 'Hobi'-like pestivirus

scientific article published on 3 September 2011

Experimental infection of dogs with a novel strain of canine coronavirus causing systemic disease and lymphopenia

scientific article published in 2008

Fatal outbreaks in dogs associated with pantropic canine coronavirus in France and Belgium

scientific article published in May 2012

Fecal immunoglobulin A antibodies in dogs infected or vaccinated with canine coronavirus.

scientific article published on January 2004

Feline Parvovirus Seroprevalence Is High in Domestic Cats from Disease Outbreak and Non-Outbreak Regions in Australia

scientific article published on 16 March 2020

Feline calicivirus infection in cats with virulent systemic disease, Italy

article

First detection of canine parvovirus type 2c in pups with haemorrhagic enteritis in Spain

scientific article

First report of bovine anaplasmosis by Anaplasma centrale in Europe, molecular identification and phylogenetic analysis

scientific article

First report of bovine anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma centrale in Europe

scientific article

First report of malignant catarrhal fever in a captive pudu (Pudu puda).

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

First two confirmed cases of malignant catarrhal fever in Italy

scientific article published on October 2003

Frequent rearrangement may explain the structural heterogeneity in the 11th genome segment of lapine rotaviruses - short communication.

scientific article published in September 2009

Full-genome analysis of a canine pneumovirus causing acute respiratory disease in dogs, Italy

scientific article published on 06 January 2014

Full-genome sequence of pantropic canine coronavirus

scientific article

Full-length genome analysis of canine coronavirus type I.

scientific article published on 26 July 2015

Gain, preservation, and loss of a group 1a coronavirus accessory glycoprotein

scientific article published on 30 July 2008

Gammacoronavirus‡

Generation of calves persistently infected with HoBi-like pestivirus and comparison of methods for detection of these persistent infections

scientific article

Genetic analysis of canine parvovirus type 2c.

scientific article published on 14 January 2009

Genetic analysis of feline panleukopenia viruses from cats with gastroenteritis

scientific article

Genetic diversity of a canine coronavirus detected in pups with diarrhoea in Italy

scientific article published in June 2003

Genetic heterogeneity and recombination in canine noroviruses

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Genetic heterogeneity in the VP7 of group C rotaviruses

scientific article published on 5 July 2007

Genetic heterogeneity of bovine hepacivirus in Italy

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Genetic heterogeneity of porcine enteric caliciviruses identified from diarrhoeic piglets.

scientific article published on 19 January 2008

Genome Sequencing of a Camelpox Vaccine Reveals Close Similarity to Modified Vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA)

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

Genomic characterization of a circovirus associated with fatal hemorrhagic enteritis in dog, Italy.

scientific article

Genotype-specific fluorogenic RT-PCR assays for the detection and quantitation of canine coronavirus type I and type II RNA in faecal samples of dogs

scientific article

Genotyping canine distemper virus (CDV) by a hemi-nested multiplex PCR provides a rapid approach for investigation of CDV outbreaks

scientific article published on 16 January 2007

Glycoprotein C Gene of Caprine Herpesvirus Type 1 Contains Short Sequence Repeats (SSR).

scientific article

Heterogeneity within the hemagglutinin genes of canine distemper virus (CDV) strains detected in Italy

scientific article published on 27 April 2006

HoBi-Like Pestivirus and Its Impact on Cattle Productivity

scientific article published on 8 July 2016

HoBi-like pestivirus experimental infection in pregnant ewes: Reproductive disorders and generation of persistently infected lambs

scientific article published on 19 May 2015

Hobi-like pestivirus in aborted bovine fetuses

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Hobi-like pestivirus: both biotypes isolated from a diseased animal

scientific article published on 4 July 2012

Identification of a Bovine Enteric Calicivirus, Kırklareli Virus, Distantly Related to Neboviruses, in Calves with Enteritis in Turkey

scientific article published on 19 August 2015

Identification of a feline coronavirus type I strain from a cat with feline infectious peritonitis by RT-pCR and phylogenetic analysis.

scientific article

Identification of a novel VP4 genotype carried by a serotype G5 porcine rotavirus strain.

scientific article published on 20 December 2005

Identification of a porcine calicivirus related genetically to human sapoviruses.

scientific article

Identification of coronaviruses in dogs that segregate separately from the canine coronavirus genotype

scientific article published in February 2003

Identification of group A porcine rotavirus strains bearing a novel VP4 (P) Genotype in Italian swine herds

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

Identification of hepadnavirus in the sera of cats

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

Identification of tuna species in commercial cans by minor groove binder probe real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences.

scientific article

Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in patients and vaccinees following homologous and heterologous vaccinations

scientific article published in 2022

Immunity after natural exposure to enteric canine coronavirus does not provide complete protection against infection with the new pantropic CB/05 strain

article by Nicola Decaro et al published 8 January 2010 in Vaccine

Immunogenicity and protective efficacy in dogs of an MF59™-adjuvanted vaccine against recombinant canine/porcine coronavirus

scientific article published on 25 January 2011

Immunogenicity of an intranasally administered modified live canine parvovirus type 2b vaccine in pups with maternally derived antibodies

scientific article

In vitro efficacy of ribavirin against canine distemper virus

scientific article

In vitro inhibition of caprine herpesvirus 1 by acyclovir and mizoribine.

scientific article published on 21 January 2015

Indomethacin has a potent antiviral activity against SARS coronavirus

scientific article (publication date: 2006)

Infectious canine hepatitis in 4 dogs in Switzerland

scientific article published on February 2010

Infectious canine hepatitis: an "old" disease reemerging in Italy

scientific article published on 2 January 2007

Intravaginal administration of an inactivated vaccine prevents lesions induced by caprine herpesvirus-1 in goats

scientific article published on 13 November 2006

Isolation and genetic characterization of two G3P5A[3] canine rotavirus strains in Italy

article

Isolation, tissue distribution and molecular characterization of two recombinant canine coronavirus strains

scientific article published on 16 March 2011

Lapine rotaviruses of the genotype P[22] are widespread in Italian rabbitries

article

Leishmania DNA quantification by real-time PCR in naturally infected dogs treated with miltefosine

scientific article

Lights and shades on an historical vaccine canine distemper virus, the Rockborn strain

scientific article

Long-term immunogenicity and protection against Mycoplasma agalactiae induced by an oil adjuvant vaccine in sheep.

scientific article

Long-term shedding of Canine alphaherpesvirus 1 in naturally infected newborn pups

Long-term viremia and fecal shedding in pups after modified-live canine parvovirus vaccination

scientific article published on 30 April 2014

M gene evolution of canine coronavirus in naturally infected dogs.

scientific article

Malignant catarrhal fever in a captive American bison (Bison bison) in Italy

scientific article published on November 2008

Maternally-derived antibodies in pups and protection from canine parvovirus infection

Molecular Characterization and Evolutionary Analyses of Carnivore Protoparvovirus 1 NS1 Gene

article

Molecular analysis of the VP7, VP4, VP6, NSP4, and NSP5/6 genes of a buffalo rotavirus strain: identification of the rare P[3] rhesus rotavirus-like VP4 gene allele.

scientific article published on December 2003

Molecular characterisation of the virulent canine coronavirus CB/05 strain

scientific article published in February 2007

Molecular characterization of Canine minute virus associated with neonatal mortality in a litter of Jack Russell terrier dogs

scientific article published on 17 May 2012

Molecular characterization of a canine coronavirus NA/09 strain detected in a dog's organs

scientific article published on 16 October 2011

Molecular characterization of a canine respiratory coronavirus strain detected in Italy

scientific article

Molecular characterization of canine parvovirus-2 variants circulating in Tunisia

scientific article published on 28 December 2008

Molecular characterization of the VP4, VP6, VP7, and NSP4 genes of lapine rotaviruses identified in italy: emergence of a novel VP4 genotype

scientific article published on September 2003

Molecular epidemiology of canine parvovirus in Morocco

scientific article published on 12 April 2016

Molecular surveillance of traditional and emerging pathogens associated with canine infectious respiratory disease

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

Molecular typing of a novel canine parvovirus type 2a mutant circulating in Italy

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Mucosal disease-like syndrome in a calf persistently infected by Hobi-like pestivirus

scientific article published on 4 June 2014

Multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay for bovine viral diarrhea virus type 1, type 2 and HoBi-like pestivirus

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Natural co-infection with 2 parvovirus variants in dog.

scientific article published in April 2008

Nearly full-length genome characterization of canine parvovirus strains circulating in Nigeria

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

New approaches for the molecular characterization of canine parvovirus type 2 strains

scientific article published in September 2005

Norovirus in captive lion cub (Panthera leo).

scientific article

Novel bocaparvoviruses in rabbits.

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

Occurrence of canine parvovirus type 2c in the United States

scientific article published in September 2007

Occurrence of severe gastroenteritis in pups after canine parvovirus vaccine administration: a clinical and laboratory diagnostic dilemma

scientific article published on 25 October 2006

Oral administration of modified live canine parvovirus type 2b induces systemic immune response

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

PCR assay for the detection and the identification of atypical canine coronavirus in dogs

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Parvovirus Infections

Persistent infection caused by Hobi-like pestivirus

scientific article published on 16 January 2013

Porencephaly and Periventricular Encephalitis in a 4-month-old Puppy: Detection of Canine Parvovirus Type 2 and Potential Role in Brain Lesions

scientific article published on 10 May 2019

Possible Human-to-Dog Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Italy, 2020

scientific article

Potent inhibition of genital herpesvirus infection in goats by cidofovir.

scientific article published in January 2007

Prevalence of group C rotaviruses in weaning and post-weaning pigs with enteritis

scientific article published in 2007

Prolonged depletion of circulating CD4+ T lymphocytes and acute monocytosis after pantropic canine coronavirus infection in dogs

Protection against canine parvovirus type 2 infection in puppies by colostrum-derived antibodies

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

Quantitation of canine coronavirus RNA in the faeces of dogs by TaqMan RT-PCR.

scientific article

Rabbit Coronavirus-like Viruses‡

Recombinant ELISA using baculovirus-expressed VP2 for detection of antibodies against canine parvovirus

scientific article

Recombinant canine coronaviruses in dogs, Europe

scientific article

Recombinant canine coronaviruses related to transmissible gastroenteritis virus of Swine are circulating in dogs

scientific article published on 26 November 2008

Relationships among porcine and human P[6] rotaviruses: evidence that the different human P[6] lineages have originated from multiple interspecies transmission events

scientific article published on 27 September 2005

Respiratory disease associated with bovine coronavirus infection in cattle herds in Southern Italy

article

Safety and efficacy of a modified-live canine coronavirus vaccine in dogs.

scientific article published in March 2004

Samples with high virus load cause a trend toward lower signal in feline coronavirus antibody tests

scientific article published on 6 December 2012

Sequence analysis of the VP7 and VP4 genes identifies a novel VP7 gene allele of porcine rotaviruses, sharing a common evolutionary origin with human G2 rotaviruses

scientific article published on June 2005

Serological and molecular evidence that canine respiratory coronavirus is circulating in Italy

scientific article

Severe enteritis in Italian Mediterranean buffalo calves associated with a novel bovine-like coronavirus

article

Severe outbreak of bovine coronavirus infection in dairy cattle during the warmer season

scientific article published on 28 June 2007

Severe parvovirus in a 12-year-old dog that had been repeatedly vaccinated

scientific article published on 01 May 2009

Specific identification of feline panleukopenia virus and its rapid differentiation from canine parvoviruses using minor groove binder probes

scientific article

Splenitis in 33 Dogs.

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

Spreading of canine parvovirus type 2c mutants of Asian origin in southern Italy

scientific article published on 14 July 2019

Surveillance activity for canine parvovirus in Italy.

scientific article

Surveillance for Adenoviruses in Bats in Italy

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Systematic Pathologic Findings Report of Callosciurus finlaysonii (Horsfield, 1823) (Rodentia, Sciuridae) Squirrels from Maratea area (South Italy) to Investigate Species-Specific Pathologies, Reliability of CO2 Euthanasia Method, and Possible Use a

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

The study molecular epidemiology of canine parvovirus, Europe

scientific article

Tissue distribution of the antigenic variants of canine parvovirus type 2 in dogs.

scientific article

Two genotypes of canine coronavirus simultaneously detected in the fecal samples of dogs with diarrhea

scientific article published on April 2004

Use of real-time RT-PCR as a rapid molecular approach for differentiation of field and vaccine strains of bluetongue virus serotypes 2 and 9.

scientific article

Use of recombinant canine granulocyte-colony stimulating factor to increase leukocyte count in dogs naturally infected by canine parvovirus

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Utility of feline coronavirus antibody tests

scientific article published on 25 June 2014

Variation of the sequence in the gene encoding for transmembrane protein M of canine coronavirus (CCV)

article

Viral reproductive pathogens of dogs and cats

scientific article published on 03 March 2012

Virological and molecular characterization of a mammalian orthoreovirus type 3 strain isolated from a dog in Italy

article

Virological and serological findings in dogs with naturally occurring distemper

scientific article published on 13 December 2014

Western European epidemiological survey for parvovirus and coronavirus infections in dogs

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