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Genomic characterization of porcine rotaviruses in Italy
V Martella1, A Pratelli, G Greco
1Department of Health and Animal Well-Being, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. v.martella@veterinaria.uniba.it
Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
|January 4, 2001
Abstract:
A total of 23 rotavirus strains isolated from pigs were analyzed. Twenty strains had been isolated from diarrheic piglets from an outbreak that occurred in northern Italy in 1983. Three strains had been isolated in 1984 from swine herds located in distinct areas of northern Italy. All 23 strains were characterized as type G6P[5] by PCR. The isolation from piglets of rotaviruses displaying typical bovine G- and P-type specificities points out the high frequency of rotavirus transmission between cattle and pigs.