Atypical rotaviruses in Australian pigs.
Atypical rotaviruses of two different electropherotypes were identified by PAGE in 16 out of 237 (5.3%) diarrhoeic faecal samples from piglets. A cDNA probe derived from a group B rotavirus hybridized strongly to two samples (of 3 tested) with electropherotypes suggestive of groups B or E, identifying them as group B. The electropherotype(s) of seven samples were typical of group C. By immunofluorescence, antibodies to group B, C, and E rotaviruses have been detected in sera from Australian sows, so it appears that atypical rotaviruses belonging to three different groups occur in pigs in this country.
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School of Microbiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Bridger
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Holmes
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D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001315:Australia; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000662:veterinary*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004247:DNA