Characterization of a canine rotavirus strain by neutralization and molecular hybridization assays.
A canine rotavirus, RS-15, previously isolated in Japan was determined to be subgroup I and serotype 3. When compared with prototype human and animal rotavirus strains by RNA-RNA hybridization assay, the RS-15 strain showed a high degree of homology only with the canine CU-1 strain isolated in the United States of America, suggesting that canine rotaviruses constitute a distinct gene family, which we have elsewhere proposed to term "genogroup".
Nakagomi
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Department of Microbiology, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
Matsuda
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Y
Ohshima
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A
Mochizuki
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M
Nakagomi
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O
D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D015347:RNA Probes; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012703:Serotyping
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D015347:RNA Probes; D012367:RNA, Viral