| molecular characterization of rotavirus in ireland: detection of novel strains circulating in the population. | a collection of three hundred thirty rotavirus-positive stool samples from children with diarrhea in the southern and eastern regions of ireland between 1997 and 1999 were submitted to the molecular diagnostics unit of the cork institute of technology, cork, ireland, for investigation. these strains were characterized by several methods, including polyacrylamide gel electropherotyping and g and p genotyping. a subset of the g types was confirmed by nucleic acid sequencing. the most prevalent typ ... | 2000 | 10970385 |
| emergence of g3 and g9 rotavirus and increased incidence of mixed infections in the southern region of ireland 2001-2004. | two hundred and thirty fecal specimens were collected from children (up to 5 years of age) admitted with suspected rotaviral gastroenteritis at four irish hospitals (cork university hospital, mercy hospital, cork, waterford regional hospital, and kerry general hospital) in the southern region of ireland, between 2001 and 2004. following laboratory confirmation of the aetiological agent, the rotavirus g-type was determined in all positive samples by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction ... | 2005 | 16254970 |
| detection and characterization of group c rotaviruses in asymptomatic piglets in ireland. | group c rotaviruses are important human enteric pathogens that have also been detected in a variety of mammalian species, including pigs. group c rotaviruses have been identified in piglets with diarrhea, but their ecology remains to be elucidated. by screening of 292 fecal samples collected from 4- to 5-week-old asymptomatic pigs from four herds in ireland between 2005 and 2007, 13 (4.4%) samples tested positive by reverse transcription-pcr for group c rotavirus. group a rotaviruses were also d ... | 2008 | 18632912 |
| changing profile of the bovine rotavirus g6 population in the south of ireland from 2002 to 2009. | bovine group a rotavirus is one of the main causes of neonatal diarrhoea in calves. this study examined the different g and p genotypes circulating in the bovine population, from 2002-2009, in the south of ireland. rotavirus positive bovine faecal samples (n=332) were collected from the cork regional veterinary laboratory, between 2002 and 2009 and subjected to rna extraction, page analysis, and g and p genotyping. genotyping analysis identified g6, g10, p[5], and p[11] to be the predominant g a ... | 2010 | 20541335 |