Isolation of group B porcine rotavirus in cell culture.
While group A and C rotaviruses have been grown in cell culture, group B rotavirus has never been cultured. In this study we successfully isolated porcine group B rotavirus in swine kidney cells. Pancreatin treatment is essential for the propagation of group B rotavirus.
Sanekata
T
T
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Japan. sanekata@agr.tottri-u.ac.jp
Kuwamoto
Y
Y
Akamatsu
S
S
Sakon
N
N
Oseto
M
M
Taniguchi
K
K
Nakata
S
S
Estes
M K
MK
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013552:Swine / Q000821:virology*
D012367:RNA, Viral