Busi Chiara, Martella Vito, Papetti Alice, Sabelli Cristiano, Lelli Davide, Alborali G Loris, Gibelli Lucia, Gelmetti Daniela, Lavazza Antonio, Cordioli Paolo, Boniotti M Beatrice
Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Sep;23(9):1535-1538. doi: 10.3201/eid2309.170158.
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.
2011年,在意大利的狂犬病监测中,从一只患有脑炎和神经症状的狐狸大脑中分离出一株A组轮状病毒。将狐狸脑匀浆脑内接种到小鼠体内是致命的。基因组测序显示这是一种禽源异源轮状病毒,可为研究轮状病毒神经毒力提供一个模型。