Novel Parvovirus Related to Primate Bufaviruses in Dogs

Martella, Vito and Lanave, Gianvito and Mihalov-Kovács, Eszter and Marton, Szilvia and Varga-Kugler, Renáta and Kaszab, Eszter and Di Martino, Barbara and Camero, Michele and Decaro, Nicola and Buonavoglia, Canio and Bányai, Krisztián (2018) Novel Parvovirus Related to Primate Bufaviruses in Dogs. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24. pp. 1061-1068. ISSN 1080-6040 (print), 1080-6059 (online)

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Abstract

A novel protoparvovirus species, related genetically to human bufaviruses, was identified in dogs with respiratory signs. The canine bufavirus was distantly related to the well-known canine protoparvovirus, canine parvovirus type 2, sharing low amino acid identities in the nonstructural protein 1 (40.6%) and in the capsid protein 1 (33.4%). By screening collections of fecal, nasal, and oropharyngeal samples obtained from juvenile dogs (<1 year of age), canine bufavirus DNA appeared as a common component of canine virome. The virus was common in the stool samples of dogs with or without enteric disease and in the nasal and oropharyngeal swab samples of dogs with respiratory signs. However, the virus was not detected in nasal and oropharyngeal swab samples from animals without clinical signs.

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