The discussion of host–parasite interactions, and of parasite virulence more specifically, has
so far, with a few exceptions, not focused much attention on the accumulating evidence that …

Picornaviruses are small, roughly spherical viruses with a protein shell. The picornavirus
genome includes two untranslated regions, one preceding and one following the single …

The occurrence of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) among domestic pigs and wild boar
in several European countries is described and discussed. From 1990 to 2001 clinical …

Despite significant economic and public health implications, swine enteric viruses that do
not manifest clinical symptoms are often overlooked, and data on their epidemiology and …

Background Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) has been isolated from many animals,
frequently as the cause of fatal myocarditis, but pigs are the most susceptible domestic …

Mice (n= 20) aged 8 weeks were infected, either by oronasal inoculation or by contact, with
one of two different myocardial strains of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), namely, the …

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Communications Short Communications X. Ge,PhD, D. Zhao,MSc, C. Liu,MSc, F. Wang,PhD …

Rats (n= 40) aged 8 weeks were infected, either by oronasal inoculation or by contact, with
one of two different myocardial strains of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), namely, the …

Background Infections with encephalomyocarditis virus may cause myocarditis and sudden
death in young pigs and reproduction disorders in sows. The presence of …

Transmission of encephalomyocarditis-virus (EMCV) has been estimated in experiments,
but never using field data. In this field study, a farm in Belgium was selected where the …