Identification in porcine faeces of a novel virus with a bisegmented double stranded RNA genome
1991
Ludert, J.E. | Hidalgo, M. | Gil, F. | Liprandi, F.
Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of nucleic acids extracted from porcine faecal samples revealed in several samples the presence of two discrete bands. The bands were resistant to digestion with DNase I and RNase T1, but not with RNase A in low salt conditions, indicating that they consisted of double stranded (ds) RNA. The two bands from different samples varied in sizes, in a range between 2.4-2.6 kbp and 1.7-1.9 kbp for the slow and fast moving band respectively. The bands cosedimented in CsCl gradients at an average density of 1.415 g/ml with icosahedral virus particles of a diameter of 34 nm and a triangulation number equal to 3. Aggregates of virus, which appeared to be immunocomplexes, were seen in one sample. From 244 faecal samples collected in one farm, 27 (11.1%) were found to contain the characteristic dsRNA pattern, with a higher prevalence in samples from animals 15 to 35 days old. The agent was equally distributed among samples from diarrhoeic or non-diarrhoeic animals. These results confirm the circulation among pigs of a novel virus, possibly of vertebrates, with a bisegmented double stranded RNA genome, similar to viruses previously described in humans, wild rats, guinea pigs, pigs, and chickens, for which the name "picobirnavirus" has been proposed.
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