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Molecular epidemiology of rotavirus in cats in the United Kingdom.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2015
German A C, Iturriza-Gómara M, Dove W, Sandrasegaram M, Nakagomi T, Nakagomi O, Cunliffe N, Radford A D, Morgan K L
Abstract excerpt
Rotaviruses are leading causes of gastroenteritis in the young of many species. Molecular epidemiological studies in children suggest that interspecies transmission contributes to rotavirus strain diversity in people. However, population-based studies of rotaviruses in animals are few. We investigated the prevalence, risk factors for infection, and genetic diversity of rotavirus A in a cross-sectional survey of...
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