The taxonomy, host range and pathogenicity of coronaviruses and other viruses in the Nidovirales order

Z Zhou, Y Qiu, X Ge - Animal Diseases, 2021 - Springer
The frequent emergence of coronavirus (CoV) epidemics has seriously threatened public
health and stock farming. The major hosts for CoVs are birds and mammals. Although most …

Nidoviruses in reptiles: a review

K Parrish, PD Kirkland, LF Skerratt… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Since their discovery in 2014, reptile nidoviruses (also known as serpentoviruses) have
emerged as significant pathogens worldwide. They are known for causing severe and often …

Nidovirus-associated proliferative pneumonia in the green tree python (Morelia viridis)

E Dervas, J Hepojoki, A Laimbacher… - Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
In 2014 we observed a noticeable increase in the number of sudden deaths among green
tree pythons (Morelia viridis). Pathological examination revealed the accumulation of …

Porcine Torovirus (PToV)—a brief review of etiology, diagnostic assays and current epidemiology

ZM Hu, YL Yang, LD Xu, B Wang, P Qin… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Porcine torovirus (PToV) is a potential enteric swine pathogen, found at especially high rates
in piglets with diarrhea. It was first reported in the Netherlands in 1998 and has emerged in …

Investigations into the presence of nidoviruses in pythons

S Blahak, M Jenckel, D Höper, M Beer, B Hoffmann… - Virology journal, 2020 - Springer
Background Pneumonia and stomatitis represent severe and often fatal diseases in different
captive snakes. Apart from bacterial infections, paramyxo-, adeno-, reo-and arenaviruses …

Recent progress in torovirus molecular biology

M Ujike, F Taguchi - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Torovirus (ToV) has recently been classified into the new family Tobaniviridae, although it
belonged to the Coronavirus (CoV) family historically. ToVs are associated with enteric …

Transcriptional and translational landscape of equine torovirus

H Stewart, K Brown, AM Dinan, N Irigoyen… - Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The genus Torovirus (subfamily Torovirinae, family Coronaviridae, order
Nidovirales) encompasses a range of species that infect domestic ungulates, including …

Serpentoviruses: more than respiratory pathogens

E Dervas, J Hepojoki, T Smura, B Prähauser… - Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
In recent years, nidoviruses have emerged as important respiratory pathogens of reptiles,
affecting captive python populations. In pythons, nidovirus (recently reclassified as …

Discovery of a novel nidovirus in cattle with respiratory disease

R Tokarz, S Sameroff, RA Hesse… - Journal of General …, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
The family Coronaviridae represents a diverse group of vertebrate RNA viruses, all with
genomes greater than 26 000 nt. Here, we report the discovery and genetic characterization …

First detection and genomic characteristics of bovine torovirus in dairy calves in China

H Li, B Zhang, H Yue, C Tang - Archives of Virology, 2020 - Springer
Bovine torovirus (BToV) is a diarrhea-causing pathogen. In this study, 92 diarrheic fecal
samples from five farms in four provinces in China were collected and tested for BToV using …