• Deep Sequencing of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus ORF7: A Promising Tool for Diagnostics and Epidemiologic Surveillance 

      Jakab, Szilvia; Bali, Krisztina; Freytag, Csongor; Pataki, Anna; Fehér, Enikő; Halas, Máté; Jerzsele, Ákos; Szabó, István; Szarka, Krisztina; Bálint, Ádám; Bányai, Krisztián (2023)
      Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a major concern worldwide. Control of PRRSV is a challenging task due to various factors, including the viral diversity and variability. In this study, we ...
    • Eradication of PRRS from Hungarian Pig Herds between 2014 and 2022 

      Szabó, István; Nemes, Imre; Bognár, Lajos; Terjék, Zsolt; Molnár, Tamás; Abonyi, Tamás; Bálint, Ádám; Horváth, Dávid G; Balka, Gyula (2023)
      Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is a widespread infectious disease that is currently a major cause of economic losses in pig production. In Hungary, a National PRRS Eradication Program has been introduced ...
    • Genetic diversity of imported PRRSV-2 strains, 2005-2020, Hungary 

      Jakab, Szilvia; Kaszab, Eszter; Marton, Szilvia; Bányai, Krisztián; Bálint, Ádám; Nemes, Imre; Szabó, István (2022)
      Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus 2 (PRRSV-2) remains sporadic in Europe. In this study, we investigated the molecular epidemiology of PRRSV-2 infections encompassing 15 years in Hungary. Partial (423 bp ...
    • Genetic diversity of imported PRRSV-2 strains, 2005–2020, Hungary 

      Jakab, Szilvia; Kaszab, Eszter; Marton, Szilvia; Bányai, Krisztián; Bálint, Ádám; Nemes, Imre; Szabó, István (2022)
      Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus 2 (PRRSV-2) remains sporadic in Europe. In this study, we investigated the molecular epidemiology of PRRSV-2 infections encompassing 15 years in Hungary. Partial (423 bp ...
    • Genome stability assessment of PRRS vaccine strain with new ARTIC-style sequencing protocol 

      Jakab, Szilvia; Bálint, Ádám; Cseri, Karolina; Bali, Krisztina; Kaszab, Eszter; Domán, Marianna; Halas, Máté; Szarka, Krisztina; Bányai, Krisztián (2024)
      A tiling amplicon sequencing protocol was developed to analyse the genome sequence stability of the modified live PRRSV vaccine strain, Porcilis MLV. The backbone of the ARTIC-style protocol was formed by 34 individual ...
    • The Impact of PRRS Eradication Program on the Production Parameters of the Hungarian Swine Sector 

      Szabó, István; Nemes, Imre; Búza, László; Polyák, Ferenc; Bálint, Ádám; Fitos, Gábor; Holtkamp, Derald J; Ózsvári, László (2023)
      Background: The Hungarian national eradication program of PRRS was successfully completed between 2014 and 2022. There were doubts about the efficiency of the eradication program in Hungary from the beginning to the tune ...
    • Spatiotemporal Distribution of PRRSV-1 Clades in Hungary with a Focus on the Era of Disease Eradication 

      Bálint, Ádám; Jakab, Szilvia; Kaszab, Eszter; Marton, Szilvia; Bányai, Krisztián; Kecskeméti, Sándor; Szabó, István (2024)
      Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is the cause of the most severe economic losses in the pig industry worldwide. PRRSV is extremely diverse in Europe, which poses a significant challenge to disease control ...
    • Transmission Dynamics of Imported Vaccine-Origin PRRSV-2 within and between Commercial Swine Integrations in Hungary 

      Jakab, Szilvia; Bányai, Krisztián; Bali, Krisztina; Nemes, Imre; Bálint, Ádám; Szabó, István (2023)
      This study reports on the molecular epidemiology of Ingelvac-PRRS-MLV-associated cases in Hungary for the period 2020-2021. Field epidemiology investigations led the experts to conclude that imported pigs, which were shipped ...