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Presence of group A and non-A rotaviruses in neonatal piglets in Campinas, SP, Brazil

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Rotaviruses were detected by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) in 11 (84,6%) of 13 faecal specimens from neonatal piglets with acute diarrhoea in a piggery near the city of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil. An immunoenzimatic assay for group A rotavirus (IEA-A) was positive in ten of the samples, all of which showed a PAGE profile typical of that group. Another sample was showed a group B profile in PAGE. An immunoenzimatic assay specific for group B (IEA-B) for this faecal sample was positive, confirming the PAGE results.

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Supported by grants from FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo), CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) e FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos)

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Gatti, M.S.V., Hara, N.H., Ferraz, M.M.G. et al. Presence of group A and non-A rotaviruses in neonatal piglets in Campinas, SP, Brazil. Med Microbiol Immunol 178, 347–349 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00197453

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