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Concentrating rotaviruses from water samples using monolithic chromatographic supports

A new method for rotavirus concentration technique from water samples was described using monolithic chromatographic supports. The new procedure was tested and optimization of this method was carried out to obtain the highest recovery rate of concentrated rotaviruses from tap water and river water samples.

COBISS.SI-ID: 1920335

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Human, porcine and bovine rotaviruses in Slovenia : evidence of interspecies transmission and genome reassortment

Molecular characteristics of human, porcine and bovine rotavirus strains was analyzed and compared. Stool samples from different hosts were collected in the same time period in different regions in Slovenia. A zoonotic transmission of animal rotavirus strains to human was described and the evidence of genome reassortment was reported.

COBISS.SI-ID: 24346329

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Recommendations for the classification of group A rotaviruses using all 11 genomic RNA segments

In collaboration with the international Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG) a publication was published in Archives of Virology, recommending a new group A rotavirus classification using all 11 segments of viral genome. The recommendation was well accepted by researchers throughout the world working in the field of rotavirus molecular epidemiology.

COBISS.SI-ID: 24463321

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Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses during rotavirus vaccine introduction in Slovenia

In this publication the results of molecular typing and some epidemiological patterns of rotavirus infections in Slovenia during 2007 and 2008 was presented. The study was carried out in collaboration with regional Institutes of Public Health. Many animal-like rotavirus strains were detected in infected children suggesting the zoonotic transmission of animal rotavirus strains to humans. The study was part of the EuroRotaNet project.

COBISS.SI-ID: 25922009

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Detection and molecular characterisation of noroviruses and sapoviruses in asymptomatic swine and cattle in Slovenian farms

Molecular characteristics of animal norovirus and sapovirus strains were presented for the first time in Slovenia. Noroviruses were detected only in pigs located in one specific farm. They were showing less genetic diversity as sapoviruses. Sapoviruses were detected on 5 different farms and according to the phylogenetic analysis they were grouped into four distinct genotypes. The study presents important information of norovirus and sapovirus diversity in healthy animals, which are supposed to be a possible reservoir of new emerging viruses.

COBISS.SI-ID: 26729945