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Phylogenetic characterization of a coxsackievirus B4 strain causing a 1975 epizootic in 24,488 pigs in the Soviet Union suggests it emerged from a human ancestor between 1945 and 1975.
Observational (n=24,488)
The study characterizes a coxsackievirus B4 strain responsible for a 1975 swine epizootic, suggesting its emergence from a human ancestor between 1945 and 1975.
Swine vesicular disease virus (SVDV) emerged around 1960 from a human enterovirus ancestor, coxsackievirus B5 (CVB5), and caused a series of epizootics in Europe and Asia. We characterized a coxsackievirus B4 strain that caused an epizootic involving 24 488 pigs in the Soviet Union in 1975. Phylogenetic evidence suggested that the swine virus emerged from a human ancestor between 1945 and 1975, almost simultaneously with the transfer of CVB5.
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Lomakina et al. (2015) conducted an observational in Vesicular disease (n=24,488). Phylogenetic characterization of a coxsackievirus B4 strain causing a 1975 epizootic in 24,488 pigs in the Soviet Union suggests it emerged from a human ancestor between 1945 and 1975.
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