Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2615-2618, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.02397-05
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Survey of Dogs in Japan for Group 2 Canine Coronavirus Infection
Akiko Yachi and
Masami Mochizuki*
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporation, Kudankita 1-12-4, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073, Japan
Received 19 November 2005/
Returned for modification 23 April 2006/
Accepted 14 May 2006
Specimens obtained from 96 dogs with respiratory and enteric clinical signs in Japan were retrospectively examined for group 2 coronavirus by reverse transcription-PCR. Two dogs were found to be positive. Phylogenetic analysis of the spike gene indicated that they were most probably related to the canine respiratory coronavirus recently described in the United Kingdom.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporation, 1-12-4 Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073, Japan. Phone: 81-3-3264-7117. Fax: 81-3-3264-6094. E-mail: msmmchzk{at}mb.infoweb.ne.jp.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2615-2618, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.02397-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2006 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.