Simultaneous Detection of Group A Rotavirus in Swine and Rat on a Pig Farm in Brazil

Paloma de Oliveira Tonietti; Aline Santana da Hora; Fernanda Dornellas F. Silva; Karen Linares Ferrari; Paulo Eduardo Brandão; Leonardo José Richtzenhain; Fabio Gregori

doi:10.1155/2013/648406

The Scientific World Journal (Jan 2013)

Simultaneous Detection of Group A Rotavirus in Swine and Rat on a Pig Farm in Brazil

Paloma de Oliveira Tonietti,
Aline Santana da Hora,
Fernanda Dornellas F. Silva,
Karen Linares Ferrari,
Paulo Eduardo Brandão,
Leonardo José Richtzenhain,
Fabio Gregori

Affiliations

Paloma de Oliveira Tonietti: Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Aline Santana da Hora: Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fernanda Dornellas F. Silva: Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Karen Linares Ferrari: Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Paulo Eduardo Brandão: Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Leonardo José Richtzenhain: Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fabio Gregori: Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/648406
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2013

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This study investigated the occurrence of rotavirus in porcine and Rattus norvegicus, at the same time, on a pig farm in the city of Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil. Swine () and rat () fecal samples were analyzed by nested RT-PCR assay. Rotavirus occurred in seven porcine and two rat samples. A total of three pig and one rat samples were further submitted to genetic sequencing. The partial NSP5 gene phylogeny showed that all strains were segregated in the genotype H1. These results point toward a cross-species transmission between rats and pigs on the surveyed farm and represent the first detection of rotavirus in Rattus norvegicus in Brazil.

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ISSN: 2356-6140 (Print); 1537-744X (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology; Medicine; Science
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