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Ruggeri FM, Delogu R, Petouchoff T, Tcheremenskaia O, De Petris S, Fiore L. Molecular characterization of rotavirus strains from children with diarrhea in Italy, 2007-2009. J Med Virol 2011; 83:1657-68. [DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Wise AG, Smedley RC, Kiupel M, Maes RK. Detection of Group C Rotavirus in Juvenile Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) with Diarrhea by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction: Sequencing and Analysis of the Complete Coding Region of the VP6 Gene. Vet Pathol 2009; 46:985-91. [DOI: 10.1354/vp.08-vp-0315-s-fl] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Nine juvenile ferrets ( Mustela putorius furo) with a history of diarrhea were severely dehydrated and had distended abdomens and thin-walled small intestines that contained gas and fluid. Histologically, small intestines exhibited acute superficial atrophic enteritis. Transmission electron microscopy of the small intestine showed rotavirus-like particles within apical vacuoles. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was negative for group A rotavirus. A group C rotavirus-specific RT-PCR assay was developed using consensus primers designed from the alignment of VP6 gene sequences of porcine, bovine, and human strains. A 182-bp product of the VP6 gene was sequenced and showed significant similarity to group C rotavirus VP6 sequences. This strain was designated “Ferret Rota C-MSU.” The entire coding sequence of VP6 was determined and compared with other rotaviruses. Ferret Rota C-MSU virus was found to be most closely related to Shintoku group C rotavirus. This is the first definitive identification of a group C rotavirus in ferrets, based upon RT-PCR, sequencing, and genetic analysis.
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Affiliation(s)
- A. G. Wise
- Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
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- Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
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- Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
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- Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
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