Open AccessGenomic Characterization of Porcine Rotaviruses in Italy
Author(s) -
Vito Martella,
Annamaria Pratelli,
Grazia Greco,
Maria Tempesta,
M Ferrari,
Maridia Losio,
Canio Buonavoglia
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1098-6588
pISSN - 1071-412X
DOI - 10.1128/cdli.8.1.129-132.2001
Subject(s) - biology , genetics , characterization (materials science) , computational biology , virology , evolutionary biology , physics , optics
A total of 23 rotavirus strains isolated from pigs were analyzed. Twenty strains had been isolated from diarrheic piglets from an outbreak that occurred in northern Italy in 1983. Three strains had been isolated in 1984 from swine herds located in distinct areas of northern Italy. All 23 strains were characterized as type G6P[5] by PCR. The isolation from piglets of rotaviruses displaying typical bovine G- and P-type specificities points out the high frequency of rotavirus transmission between cattle and pigs.