Molecular characterization and analysis of equine rotavirus circulating in Japan from 2003 to 2008

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 67-73

  Nemoto, Manabu ^a   Tsunemitsu, Hiroshi ^b   Imagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Hata, Hideaki ^c   Higuchi, Tohru ^c   Sato, Shinsuke ^d   Orita, Yasuhiro ^d   Sugita, Shigeo ^a   Bannai, Hiroshi ^a   Tsujimura, Koji ^a   Yamanaka, Takashi ^a   Kondo, Takashi ^a   Matsumura, Tomio ^a  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Hidaka Agriculture Mutual Aid Association   (Japan)

^d Hidaka Agriculture Mutual Aid Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Equine rotavirus; Horses; Japan; VP4; VP7

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP4; PROTEIN VP7;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EQUINE ROTAVIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FOAL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; DIARRHEA; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JAPAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EQUIDAE; EQUINE ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 79960408865     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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