RESUMO
ABSTRACT This is the first report on circulating canine rotavirus in Mexico. Fifty samples from dogs with gastroenteritis were analyzed used polymerase chain reaction and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in order to identify parvovirus and rotavirus, respectively; 7% of dogs were infected with rotavirus exclusively, while 14% were co-infected with both rotavirus and parvovirus; clinical signs in co-infected dogs were more severe.
Assuntos
Animais , Masculino , Feminino , Cães , Coinfecção/veterinária , Doenças do Cão/virologia , Gastroenterite/veterinária , Infecções por Parvoviridae/veterinária , Parvovirus/isolamento & purificação , Infecções por Rotavirus/veterinária , Rotavirus/isolamento & purificação , Coinfecção/virologia , Fezes/virologia , Gastroenterite/virologia , México , Infecções por Parvoviridae/virologia , Parvovirus/genética , Parvovirus/fisiologia , Infecções por Rotavirus/virologia , Rotavirus/genética , Rotavirus/fisiologiaRESUMO
This is the first report on circulating canine rotavirus in Mexico. Fifty samples from dogs with gastroenteritis were analyzed used polymerase chain reaction and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in order to identify parvovirus and rotavirus, respectively; 7% of dogs were infected with rotavirus exclusively, while 14% were co-infected with both rotavirus and parvovirus; clinical signs in co-infected dogs were more severe.
