Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2004)

Novel Recombinant Sapovirus

  • Hirokazu Kimura,
  • Tatsuya Miyoshi,
  • Kiyoko Uchino,
  • Tomoichiro Oka,
  • Tomoyuki Tanaka,
  • Naokazu Takeda,
  • Grant S. Hansman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1010.040395
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 10
pp. 1874 – 1876

Abstract

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We determined the complete genome sequences of two sapovirus strains isolated in Thailand and Japan. One of these strains represented a novel, naturally occurring recombinant sapovirus. Evidence suggested the recombination site was at the polymerase-capsid junction within open reading frame one.

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