title: Simultaneous detection of group a rotavirus in Swine and rat on a pig farm in Brazil.
abstract: This study investigated the occurrence of rotavirus in porcine and Rattus norvegicus, at the same time, on a pig farm in the city of Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil. Swine (n = 21) and rat (n = 6) fecal samples were analyzed by nested RT-PCR assay. Rotavirus occurred in seven porcine and two rat samples. A total of three pig and one rat samples were further submitted to genetic sequencing. The partial NSP5 gene phylogeny showed that all strains were segregated in the genotype H1. These results point toward a cross-species transmission between rats and pigs on the surveyed farm and represent the first detection of rotavirus in Rattus norvegicus in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. palomatonietti@gmail.com
authors.forename: Paloma de Oliveira
authors.initials: Pde O
authors.lastname: Tonietti
authors.forename: Aline Santana
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: da Hora
authors.forename: Fernanda Dornellas F
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Karen Linares
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Paulo Eduardo
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.forename: Leonardo José
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Richtzenhain
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gregori
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000821:virology*; D051381:Rats / Q000821:virology*; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013552:Swine / Q000821:virology*