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. 1997 May;35(5):1272–1275. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1272-1275.1997

Isolation from diarrheal and asymptomatic kittens of three rotavirus strains that belong to the AU-1 genogroup of human rotaviruses.

M Mochizuki 1, T Nakagomi 1, O Nakagomi 1
PMCID: PMC232746  PMID: 9114424

Abstract

A survey of 143 stool specimens collected during a 17-month period in Japan from diarrheal and asymptomatic kittens identified three rotavirus strains that were similar in their genomic RNA constellation to human rotavirus AU-1 (G3P3[9]), lending strong support to the view that rotaviruses belonging to the same genogroup are circulating in both the human and the feline population.

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