title: Picobirnavirus (PBV) natural hosts in captivity and virus excretion pattern in infected animals.
abstract: A picobirnavirus (PBV) analysis was carried out by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of 513 stool samples obtained from 150 animal species collected from the Córdoba city zoo. The purpose of the present study was to determine susceptible species for PBV infection, the viral excretion pattern in infected animals, and the potential association with PBV diarrheic illness. Our findings suggest that PBVs are widespread in animals and could have a similar excretion behavior to that previously detected in infected humans. No disease association with PBV infection could be demonstrated. Thus, infected animals could be persistently infected asymptomatic carriers and could serve as reservoirs of infection.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Virología Dr. J. M. Vanella, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Masachessi
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Barril
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Isa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferreyra
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Villareal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carello
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Asis
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Nates
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology*; D001118:Argentina; D002353:Carrier State / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D018708:Picobirnavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012327:RNA Virus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D013045:Species Specificity