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Detection of rotavirus species A, B and C in domestic mammalian animals with diarrhoea and genotyping of bovine species A rotavirus strains.
Veterinary microbiology - 30 Sept 2015
Otto Peter H, Rosenhain Stefanie, Elschner Mandy C, Hotzel Helmut, Machnowska Patrycja, Trojnar Eva, Hoffmann Kathrin, Johne Reimar
Abstract excerpt
Rotaviruses (RVs) are a major cause of neonatal diarrhoea in humans and animals worldwide. In this study, 425 faecal samples were collected between 1999 and 2013 from diarrhoeic livestock and companion animals at different locations in Germany and tested for RVs. A previously published real-time RT-PCR assay was optimized for detection of a larger variety of RV species A (RVA) strains, and real-time RT-PCR assays...
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