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Murine rotavirus was isolated in primary monkey kidney cells. Electrophoretic pattern of genome RNA of murine rotavirus was different from that of human rotaviruses. Oral administration of cultured murine rotavirus caused mild diarrhea in newborn BALB/C mice.
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Tajima, T., Suzuki, E., Ushijima, H. et al. Isolation of murine rotavirus in cell cultures. Archives of Virology 82, 119–123 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309375
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