Presence of group A and non-A rotaviruses in neonatal piglets in Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Rotaviruses were detected by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) in 11 (84.6%) of 13 faecal specimens from neonatal piglets with acute diarrhoea in a piggery near the city of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil. An immunoenzimatic assay for group A rotavirus (IEA-A) was positive in ten of the samples, all of which showed a PAGE profile typical of that group. Another sample was showed a group B profile in PAGE. An immunoenzimatic assay specific for group B (IEA-B) for this faecal sample was positive, confirming the PAGE results.
Gatti
M S
MS
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Hara
N H
NH
Ferraz
M M
MM
Pestana de Castro
A F
AF
D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001938:Brazil; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013552:Swine