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. 1975 Nov;16(5):1229–1235. doi: 10.1128/jvi.16.5.1229-1235.1975

Biochemical and biophysical characteristics of diarrhea viruses of human and calf origin.

S M Rodger, R D Schnagl, I H Holmes
PMCID: PMC355722  PMID: 171450

Abstract

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analysis of purified preparations of human and calf diarrhea viruses indicated eight polypeptide components, or possibly nine in the case of the calf diarrhea virus. Thermal denaturation and analytical studies of the calf diarrhea virus genome showed it to consist of 11 double-stranded segments of RNA. The placing of the human and calf diarrhea viruses together with other similar viruses into a genus separate from reovirus and orbivirus, but within the family Reoviridae, is discussed.

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