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Molecular analysis of the VP7, VP4, VP6, NSP4, and NSP5/6 genes of a buffalo rotavirus strain: identification of the rare P[3] rhesus rotavirus-like VP4 gene allele.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2003
Martella V, Ciarlet M, Pratelli A, Arista S, Terio V, Elia G, Cavalli A, Gentile M, Decaro N, Greco G, Cafiero M A, Tempesta M, Buonavoglia C
Abstract excerpt
We report the detection and molecular characterization of a rotavirus strain, 10733, isolated from the feces of a buffalo calf affected with diarrhea in Italy. Strain 10733 was classified as a P[3] rotavirus, as the VP8* trypsin cleavage product of the VP4 protein revealed a high amino acid identity (96.2%) with that of rhesus rotavirus strain RRV (P5B[3]), used as the recipient virus in the human-simian...
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