Detection of Human and Animal Rotavirus Sequences in Drinking Water

1 June 2000

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Vol. 66 (6) , 2690-2692
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.66.6.2690-2692.2000

Abstract

Reverse transcription-PCR analysis of drinking water in the homes of 56 children suffering from rotaviral gastroenteritis has shown the presence of the rotavirus genome in four samples. These strains were different from human rotaviruses detected in the children9s feces, as determined by sequencing of the VP7-amplified fragments—three of them of animal origin (porcine or bovine) and one of human origin.

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