PEDv: An intercontinental update

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) has proved to be devastating in herds in e.g. Asia and North America. Recent outbreaks of PEDv-like strains in Europe appear less destructive. How do all developments relate to each other on a global scale? Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) is an economically important enteric disease in pigs caused by a Coronavirus. Coronaviruses can be divided into the genera Alphacoronavirus, Betacoronavirus, Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus. Alphacoronaviruses inc