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cord-257859-9hmrt96h	Di Martino, Barbara	Molecular evidence of kobuviruses in free-ranging red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)	2014-01-23		.txt	text/plain	1677	102	57	Based on analysis of partial RdRp and full-length VP1 genes, all of the strains shared the highest identity with canine kobuviruses (CaKVs) recently detected in the US, the UK and Italy. Here we report the detection of kobu-like viruses in faecal samples obtained from Italian red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) that are genetically very similar to CaKVs. Between September 2009 and May 2013, individual rectal swabs were collected from 34 red foxes in northern Italy (Valle d'Aosta and Piemonte regions) submitted to the National Reference Center for Wild Animal Diseases (CeRMAS). Based on inspection of the tree (Fig. 1) , all of the fox kobuvirus sequences formed a tight cluster with the CaKVs recently identified in the UK and in the US [5, 12, 14] , sharing a common root with murine kobuvirus and human AiVs. Historical evidence shows that foxes are susceptible to viral diseases of domestic carnivores, including infections with canine distemper virus [15, 24] , CPV-2 [24] , canine adenoviruses [3, 24] , CCoV [28] , and canine herpesvirus [24] .	./cache/cord-257859-9hmrt96h.txt	./txt/cord-257859-9hmrt96h.txt