Identification of co-infection by rotavirus and parvovirus in dogs with gastroenteritis in Mexico

This is the first report on circulating canine rotavirus in Mexico. Fifty samples from dogs with gastroenteritis were analyzed used polymerase chain reaction and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in order to identify parvovirus and rotavirus, respectively; 7% of dogs were infected with...

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Autores principales: Ortega, Ariadna Flores, Martínez-Castañeda, José Simón, Bautista-Gómez, Linda G., Muñoz, Raúl Fajardo, Hernández, Israel Quijano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28716388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjm.2017.03.008
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Sumario:This is the first report on circulating canine rotavirus in Mexico. Fifty samples from dogs with gastroenteritis were analyzed used polymerase chain reaction and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in order to identify parvovirus and rotavirus, respectively; 7% of dogs were infected with rotavirus exclusively, while 14% were co-infected with both rotavirus and parvovirus; clinical signs in co-infected dogs were more severe.

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