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Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses among healthy calves in Japan: isolation of a novel bovine rotavirus bearing new P and G genotypes.
Virus research - 1 Sept 2009
Abe Masako, Ito Naoto, Morikawa Shigeki, Takasu Masaki, Murase Tetsuma, Kawashima Takanori, Kawai Yoshihiro, Kohara Junko, Sugiyama Makoto
Abstract excerpt
A total of 171 fecal specimens collected from healthy calves on a beef farm in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 2006-2007 were examined for group A rotaviruses by RT-semi-nested PCR targeting the coding region for VP8*. Nine specimens were positive for rotavirus. G and P genotyping indicated that one strain was G10P[11]-like and six strains were considered to be the same unknown G and P genotypes. Among these six...
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