Recurrent rotavirus diarrhoea outbreaks in a stud farm, in Italy

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 248-253

  Monini, M ^a   Biasin, A ^a   Valentini, S ^b   Cattoli, G ^c   Ruggeri, F M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Free writer   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equine; Foals; Genotyping; Italy; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP4; PROTEIN VP7;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GROUP A ROTAVIRUS; GROUP P ROTAVIRUS; ITALY; MARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RECURRENT ROTAVIRUS DIARRHEA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EQUIDAE; MIRIDAE; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 79952101237     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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