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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome viruses (PRRSV) have been divided into Type 1 (European) and Type 2 (North American) viruses.PRRSV are very diverse and Type 1 viruses have even been further divided into subtypes.While Type 1 viruses from Western Europe belong to subtype 1,viruses from Eastern Europe have been divided into at least 3 different subtypes based on the length of ORF7 and in addition,atypical Type 1 viruses do not readily group into the subtype groups.In experimental trials it has been shown that some of these viruses,e.g.strain Lena,are more virulent than the subtype 1 strains.