Open AccessPrevalence and Epidemiologic Analysis of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 in China from 2013 to 2015
Author(s) -
Yifei Sun,
Yonglian Dai,
Renfu Yin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of applied virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2306-6210
pISSN - 2305-5154
DOI - 10.21092/jav.v5i1.57
Subject(s) - china , porcine circovirus , circovirus , veterinary medicine , demography , geography , biology , medicine , virology , virus , archaeology , sociology
Previous studies have indicated a wide distribution of PCV-2 in China , there is no available information on the current PCV-2 prevalence and Epodemilogic analysis all over the country. In this study, the result showed that prevalence of PCV-2 in Eastern China (87.3%) was significantly higher than Western China (47.6%), PCV-2b 1A/1B and 1C stains were isolated from the farms in Northern China, whereas PCV-2b 1C stains were epidemic in Southern China. Moreover, this study provided the positive and effective measure to control this disease in the long term.