Research Article

Porcine Astrovirus 4 Detection in Lesions of Epitheliotropic Viral Infection in the Porcine Respiratory Tract

Table 2

Distribution and proportion of positive PoAstV4 cases in the US. For comparison, confirmed positive IAV cases with histopathological lesions in pigs <6 weeks old, from the same time frame as PoAstV4-positive cases.

StatesPoAstV4 (+) casesIAV diagnoses

Iowa40 (47%)922 (50%)
South Dakota8 (9%)38 (2%)
Illinois8 (9%)168 (9%)
North Carolina8 (9%)110 (6%)
Missouri4 (5%)94 (5%)
Indiana4 (5%)87 (5%)
Virginia3 (4%)35 (2%)
Nebraska2 (2%)53 (3%)
Ohio2 (2%)53 (3%)
Arkansas1 (1%)42 (2%)
Kentucky1 (1%)6 (<1%)
Minnesota1 (1%)100 (6%)
Oklahoma1 (1%)8 (<1%)
Tennessee1 (1%)1 (<1%)
Wisconsin1 (1%)28 (2%)
Pennsylvania0 (0%)43 (2%)
Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Utah0 (0%)44 (2%)
Total85 cases (100%)1832 cases (100%)