Natural Norovirus Infections in Rhesus Macaques.
Using a recently developed real-time reverse transcription PCR, I retested 500 fecal samples from rhesus macaques collected in 2008. Previous conventional reverse transcription PCR testing identified 1 isolate of GII norovirus; retesting found GI, GII, and possible GIV noroviruses in the samples, indicating the natural circulation of noroviruses in nonhuman primate colonies.
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D000818:Animals; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D029322:Norovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny
Norwalk virus; USA; enteric infections; noroviruses; primates; rhesus macaques; viruses; zoonoses