Recent emergence of a novel porcine pestivirus: interference with classical swine fever diagnosis?

Abstract

Emerging Microbes & Infections (2017) 6, e19; doi:10.1038/emi.2017.5; published online 12 April 2017

Acknowledgments

We thank Gian Mario de Mia and Franceso Feliziani (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche, Perugia, Italy), Thomas große Beilage (Veterinary practice Essen/Oldenburg), Jens Böttcher (Animal Health Service Bavaria), Sarah Derking and Jörg Tenhündfeld (Veterinary practice Tenhündfeld & Kollegen, Vreden) and Tanja Frey (Animal Health Service Baden-Württemberg) for providing the pig sera. We are thankful to Florian Hansmann (Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover) and Michael Wendt (Clinic for Swine, Small Ruminants, Forensic Medicine and Ambulatory Service, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover) for providing serum and liquor samples from CT-affected piglets. We are grateful to Sophia Austermann-Busch (Institute for Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover) for her support in the project. We want to thank Inga Grotha, Ester Barthel and Malte Tieke (Institute for Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover) for providing excellent technical assistance. This study was supported by the Directorate General for Health and Food Safety of the European Commission, which provided the budget for the EU Reference Laboratory for Classical Swine Fever (Grant decision SI2.727610). This publication was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation within the funding program Open Access Publishing.

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