Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2014)

Species H Rotavirus Detected in Piglets with Diarrhea, Brazil, 2012

  • Bruna L.D. Molinari,
  • Elis Lorenzetti,
  • Rodrigo A.A. Otonel,
  • Alice F. Alfieri,
  • Amauri A. Alfieri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.130776
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 6
pp. 1019 – 1022

Abstract

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We determined nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the rotavirus gene encoding viral protein 6 from 3 fecal samples collected from piglets with diarrhea in Brazil, 2012. The analyses showed that the porcine rotavirus strains in Brazil are closely related to the novel species H rotavirus.

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