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Prevalence and diversity of rotavirus A in pigs: Evidence for a possible reservoir in human infection.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2022
Wu Fang-Tzy, Liu Luke Tzu-Chi, Jiang Baoming, Kuo Ting-Yu, Wu Ching-Yi, Liao Ming-Huei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Rotavirus A (RVA) are a group of diverse viruses causing acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in humans and animals. Zoonotic transmission is an important mechanism for rotavirus evolution and strain diversity in humans, but the extent of pigs as a major reservoir for human infection is not clear. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We have surveyed 153 pig farms across Taiwan with a total of 4588 porcine stool samples from...
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