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Rotaviruses from Canadian farm samples

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Animal rotavirus (RoV) strains detected in Canadian swine and dairy cattle farms were characterized by sequence analysis of viral protein 4 (VP4), VP6, VP7 and non-structural protein 4 segments from 15 RoV strains. Some porcine strains were found to contain a mixture of segments typical of human and animal viruses. One strain represented a novel VP6 genotype “I14”, G2-P[27]-I14. Other strains detected in porcine samples represented multiple different segment types. These results illustrate the active evolution of animal RoV strains and underline the need for surveillance of both animal and human strains in public health-monitoring programs.

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Acknowledgments

Much appreciation is extended to Dr. Matthijnssens and the members of the Rotavirus Classification Working Group for their input into strain classification and the identification of the novel VP6 type. Samples were obtained through Dr. David Kelton and Dr. Robert Friendship at the University of Guelph. We would like to thank the members of the Food Virology Laboratory and the members of the Bureau of Microbial Hazards for their support, particularly Michelle Driscoll, Anu Shukla and Tania Rahman for initial screening of the animal fecal samples. We thank Dr. Catherine Carrillo and Dr. Brent Dixon for providing helpful comments on the manuscript and Dr. Erling Rud for helpful discussions.

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    Safaa Lamhoujeb, Sabah Bidawid, Jeff Farber & Kirsten Mattison

  2. Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, 120-255 Woodlawn Road West, Guelph, ON, Canada

    Angela Cook

  3. Centre for Food-Borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, 120-255 Woodlawn Road West, Guelph, ON, Canada

    Frank Pollari

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Lamhoujeb, S., Cook, A., Pollari, F. et al. Rotaviruses from Canadian farm samples. Arch Virol 155, 1127–1137 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-010-0700-6

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