Group A Rotavirus Associated with Encephalitis in Red Fox.

ABSTRACT: In 2011, a group A rotavirus was isolated from the brain of a fox with encephalitis and neurologic signs, detected by rabies surveillance in Italy. Intracerebral inoculation of fox brain homogenates into mice was fatal. Genome sequencing revealed a heterologous rotavirus of avian origin, which could provide a model for investigating rotavirus neurovirulence.

SUBMITTER: Busi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5572894 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature