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Detection of group a rotavirus strains circulating in calves in Tunisia.
Journal of veterinary medicine. B, Infectious diseases and veterinary public health - 1 Feb 2005
Fodha I, Boumaiza A, Chouikha A, Dewar J, Armah G, Geyer A, Trabelsi A, Steele A D
Abstract excerpt
Faecal samples were collected from 89 dairy calves to determine the prevalence of rotavirus infection in Tunisia and the genomic diversity of bovine rotavirus strains. After screening of all faecal samples by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, rotavirus strains were analysed by RNA polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and characterized antigenically by monoclonal antibodies to the VP6 subgroup. The VP7 genotype was...
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