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

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Autor(a) principal: Ortega,Ariadna Flores
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Martínez-Castañeda,José Simón, Bautista-Gómez,Linda G., Muñoz,Raúl Fajardo, Hernández,Israel Quijano
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822017000400769
Resumo: ABSTRACT 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.