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Mar 14, 2006 15:01
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French term
Totavirus
French to English
Medical
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
In a section on rotaviruses and coronaviruses, there is a table which includes the word "totavirus."
Totavirus (or totaviruses) gets very few hits, at least two of which are typos for rotavirus.
But there's one page:
http://www.sante.gouv.fr/adm/dagpb/bo/2002/02-02/a0020155.ht...
where rotavirus and totavirus are listed separately.
I will mention this to the client, but am wondering if anyone can confirm if "totavirus" is a real word?
Totavirus (or totaviruses) gets very few hits, at least two of which are typos for rotavirus.
But there's one page:
http://www.sante.gouv.fr/adm/dagpb/bo/2002/02-02/a0020155.ht...
where rotavirus and totavirus are listed separately.
I will mention this to the client, but am wondering if anyone can confirm if "totavirus" is a real word?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | rotavirus |
Emma Grubb
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| 4 +1 | Totavirus |
Anna Quail
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| 4 | togavirus |
Debbie Tacium Ladry
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Proposed translations
+2
4 mins
Emma Grubb
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Your patent translation partner
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English
rotavirus
I think it's simply a spelling mistake....
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Trudy Peters
: definitely
3 hrs
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| agree |
Dr Sue Levy (X)
: absolutely, see here (typical misspellings) http://health.in.ua/pharmacy/rotavirus.html
7 hrs
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| agree |
IC --
1 day 19 hrs
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| disagree |
pooja_chic
: No..it exists....even i came across this word in my document
2016 days
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7 mins
Debbie Tacium Ladry
Native in English
Specializes in field
Medical writing, clinical + research exp
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
Related KudoZ points
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28
togavirus
another possibilty...: )
+1
6 mins
Anna Quail
France
France
Native in English
France
Once a translator...
Native in: English (Variants: British, Irish, UK)
Works in: French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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12
Totavirus
A form of rotavirus.
"In the cell cultures infected with feces the totavirus antigen was demonstrated in 19.4 per cent of the cases, and the coronavirus one--in 25.6 per cent."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d...
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"Eight field strains of calf rotavirus from the U.K. were compared by neutralisation tests, using convalescent and hyperimmune antisera. Seven of these strains cross-reacted and were considered to be of one serotype, while the 8th was distinguished by a greater than 20-fold two-way difference in neutralisation titre suggesting a second serotype. Three widely-distributed reference strains (U.K., Northern Ireland and Lincoln) cross-reacted with the strains in the dominant serotype, as did 33 of 42 other field calf rotavirus strains. Nine field strains failed to cross-react with either serotype, suggesting the existence of other potential serotypes in the calf population...the single most important infectious cause of diarrhoea in calves (31). ... Bovine totavirus Serotypes. "
http://www.springerlink.com/(wvthco45fiuvr5vlijajqr55)/app/h...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-03-14 19:46:42 GMT)
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Actually, I've been thinking, and I'm not sure about this at all. There are quite a few hits that seem to corroborate the theory that it is a strain of rotavirus ( group C, if I understand rightly). But I have also come across two sites that claim that that totavirus is a spelling mistake. I find it strange that serious paying sites (30$ per article!) should publish several articles with a spelling mistake of that sort, but... when in doubt... Up to you to decide - you could just play safe and say " a type of rotavirus".
I am neither a vet nor a scientist, so I can't personally vouch for this term, unllike "lacs de vêlage" which I have seen, touched, used, washed... :-)
"In the cell cultures infected with feces the totavirus antigen was demonstrated in 19.4 per cent of the cases, and the coronavirus one--in 25.6 per cent."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d...
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-03-14 15:10:52 GMT)
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"Eight field strains of calf rotavirus from the U.K. were compared by neutralisation tests, using convalescent and hyperimmune antisera. Seven of these strains cross-reacted and were considered to be of one serotype, while the 8th was distinguished by a greater than 20-fold two-way difference in neutralisation titre suggesting a second serotype. Three widely-distributed reference strains (U.K., Northern Ireland and Lincoln) cross-reacted with the strains in the dominant serotype, as did 33 of 42 other field calf rotavirus strains. Nine field strains failed to cross-react with either serotype, suggesting the existence of other potential serotypes in the calf population...the single most important infectious cause of diarrhoea in calves (31). ... Bovine totavirus Serotypes. "
http://www.springerlink.com/(wvthco45fiuvr5vlijajqr55)/app/h...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-03-14 19:46:42 GMT)
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Actually, I've been thinking, and I'm not sure about this at all. There are quite a few hits that seem to corroborate the theory that it is a strain of rotavirus ( group C, if I understand rightly). But I have also come across two sites that claim that that totavirus is a spelling mistake. I find it strange that serious paying sites (30$ per article!) should publish several articles with a spelling mistake of that sort, but... when in doubt... Up to you to decide - you could just play safe and say " a type of rotavirus".
I am neither a vet nor a scientist, so I can't personally vouch for this term, unllike "lacs de vêlage" which I have seen, touched, used, washed... :-)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Bianca Jacobsohn
2 mins
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Thank you Bianca :-)
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| neutral |
Trudy Peters
: most of the articles on these sites are not written by native English speakers
3 hrs
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Hello Trudy. The springerlink site should be very reliable, but you have to pay 30$ to have access to the full articles... There are several articles that mention totavirus and I don't think they can all be wrong but I take your point nevertheless.
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
: If you saw some of the articles I review for a leading medical journal!!! Some people don't even bother to automatic spell check these days let alone proofread !
7 hrs
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Okay Sue. I believe you :-) (I was expecting you at some point!) As you can see, I've already expressed my doubts...
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