| first detection of bovine group b rotavirus in japan and sequence of its vp7 gene. | an epizootic outbreak of diarrhea occurred in adult cows on a dairy farm in hokkaido, japan. one colostrum-fed calf inoculated with pooled feces of the 5 affected cows, developed mild diarrhea, and shed rotavirus-like particles which reacted with antiserum to group b rotavirus in immune electron microscopy. cell culture immunofluorescence tests, rna-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and rt-pcr confirmed that this virus was bovine group b rotavirus, which was designated the nemuro strain. additi ... | 1999 | 10365171 |