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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2008, p. 3501-3507, Vol. 46, No. 10
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00983-08
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Detection of a Porcine-Like Rotavirus in a Child with Enteritis in Italy

Department of Public Health and Animal Sciences, University of Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy,¹ Department of Applied and Experimental Medicine, Section of Microbiology, University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy,² Department of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy,³ Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary,⁴ Vaccine Biologics-Clinical Research, Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, Pennsylvania⁵

Received 22 May 2008/ Returned for modification 29 July 2008/ Accepted 3 August 2008

During a 1-year rotavirus surveillance of children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Brescia Hospital, Italy, a chimerical rotavirus strain, G3P[6], was detected, displaying the VP7 and VP4 genes of porcine origin and the NSP4 and VP6 genes of human origin. The reassortant nature of the virus rules out a direct zoonotic event.

Published ahead of print on 13 August 2008.