Widespread rotavirus H in commercially raised pigs, United States

Douglas Marthaler; Kurt Rossow; Marie Culhane; Sagar Goyal; Jim Collins; Jelle Matthijnssens; Martha Nelson; Max Ciarlet

doi:10.3201/eid2007.140034

Widespread rotavirus H in commercially raised pigs, United States

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jul;20(7):1195-8. doi: 10.3201/eid2007.140034.

Authors

Douglas Marthaler, Kurt Rossow, Marie Culhane, Sagar Goyal, Jim Collins, Jelle Matthijnssens, Martha Nelson, Max Ciarlet

Abstract

We investigated the presence in US pigs of rotavirus H (RVH), identified in pigs in Japan and Brazil. From 204 samples collected during 2006-2009, we identified RVH in 15% of fecal samples from 10 US states, suggesting that RVH has circulated in the United States since 2002, but probably longer.

Keywords: RVH; United States; novel rotavirus; phylogenetic analysis; pigs; swine; viruses.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Feces / virology
Japan
Phylogeny
Rotavirus / genetics*
Rotavirus Infections / virology*
Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods
Swine / virology*
Swine Diseases / virology*
United States