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DETECTION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF CALICIVIRUSES (VESIVIRUS AND NOROVIRUS) IN AN OUTBREAK OF ACUTE DIARRHEA IN KITTENS FROM BRAZIL
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Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
The University of New South Wales. School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences (BABS). Molecular Microbiology Laboratory. Sidney, Australia.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
The University of New South Wales. School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences (BABS). Molecular Microbiology Laboratory. Sidney, Australia.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Feline caliciviruses (FCVs) have occasionally been described in cats in association with enteric disease, but an etiological role for these viruses in acute gastroenteritis is still unclear. In this study, molecular characterization of FCV and feline norovirus (FNoV) was undertaken using real-time PCR (RT-PCR) and sequence analysis of the ORF1 region in fecal specimens from 29 diarrheic cats. The specimens were also screened for parvovirus, coronavirus, astrovirus and group A rotavirus. A quantitative one step RT-PCR was also performed to detect and quantitate NoV genogroup IV and the role of these animal caliciviruses in feline gastroenteritis was investigated. This is the first description of enteric FCV and FNoV in South America.
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