Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2011)

Porcine Rotavirus Closely Related to Novel Group of Human Rotaviruses

  • Mitsutaka Wakuda,
  • Tomihiko Ide,
  • Jun Sasaki,
  • Satoshi Komoto,
  • Junichi Ishii,
  • Takeshi Sanekata,
  • Koki Taniguchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1708.101466
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 8
pp. 1491 – 1493

Abstract

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We determined nucleotide sequences and inferred amino acid sequences of viral protein (VP) 4, VP6, VP7, and nonstructural protein 4 genes of a porcine rotavirus strain (SKA-1) from Japan. The strain was closely related to a novel group of human rotavirus strains (B219 and J19).

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