Key result
Italian slaughterhouse screening detects norovirus in ~3% of swine samples, revealing divergent GII.P11 strains.
Why the study?
Norovirus GII causes human gastroenteritis and has been detected worldwide in swine, but data in the swine population of North-Eastern Italy were lacking.
Cross-Sectional (n=79)
Yes
First detection of divergent swine Noroviruses in the swine population of North-Eastern Italy, paving the way for future epidemiological investigations.
Indicates low prevalence in Italian swine; leaves open the need for broader surveillance to assess strain diversity and zoonotic risk.
Norovirus (NoV) has emerged as one of the major causative agents of non-bacterial, food- and water-borne gastroenteritis in humans, with the main genogroup involved in human outbreaks (GII), which has been detected worldwide in different animal species including swine. A four-month investigation at the slaughterhouse aiming to examine the presence of NoV in the swine in North-Eastern Italy, enabled the detection of two divergent Noroviruses (NoVs) (GII.P11) in two swine farms. This represents the first study in the swine population of North-Eastern Italy, which has paved the way for future integrated virological and epidemiological investigations on swine NoVs.
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Laconi et al. (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Norovirus (n=79). Norovirus (NoV) presence was evaluated on Detection of Norovirus. Norovirus was detected in 2.53% (2 of 79) of swine faecal samples from slaughterhouses in North-Eastern Italy, revealing two divergent GII.P11 strains.
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