Genogroup I picobirnavirus in diarrhoeic foals: Can the horse serve as a natural reservoir for human infection?

Genogroup I picobirnavirus in diarrhoeic foals: Can the horse serve as a natural reservoir for human infection?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Picobirnaviruses (PBV) are small, non-enveloped viruses with a bisegmented double-stranded RNA genome. In this study a PBV strain, PBV/Horse/India/BG-Eq-3/2010, was identified in the faeces of a 10 month old weaned female foal with diarrhoea in January 2010 from...

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Main Authors: Ganesh Balasubramanian, Banyai Krisztian, Masachessi Gisela, Mladenova Zornitsa, Nagashima Shigeo, Ghosh Souvik, Nataraju Seegekote, Pativada Madhusudhan, Kumar Rahul, Kobayashi Nobumichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-03-01
Series:Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://www.veterinaryresearch.org/content/42/1/52

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