Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus
- VirologyNovel Method for Isolation of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus with the Use of Suspension Vero Cells and Immunogenicity Analysis
In February and December of 2019, two large-scale outbreaks of diarrhea were observed in the same swine farm with 3,000 sows in Shanghai, China. We successfully isolated two porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) isolates (strains shxx1902 and shxx1912 in February and December, respectively) from clinical samples in this farm using suspension Vero cells. A third PEDV strain (SH1302) tested positive in another farm of Shanghai, China, in...