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.
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Japan. sanekata@agr.tottri-u.ac.jp
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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